CS 184
FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Catalog Entry and Schedule, Spring 2009

CS 184: COMPUTER GRAPHICS

• FULL COURSE TITLE: Foundations of Computer Graphics
• INSTRUCTOR: Carlo H. Séquin
• COURSE NUMBER: CS 184
• COURSE CONTROL NUMBER: 26563
• UNIT VALUE: 4 units
• SEMESTER: Spring 2009
• EXAM GROUP: #6
• FINAL EXAM: TBA
• CLASS TIME: Mon, Wed, 2:30-4:00 pm, 306 Soda Hall; CONTROL NO: 26563
• OFFICE HOURS: (see my home page) ; LOCATION: 639 Soda Hall
• DISCUSSION SECTION 184 S 104: Mo 5:30-6:30pm, 320 SODA; CONTROL NO: 26210
• DROPPED: DISCUSSION SECTION 184 S 103: Tu 10-11am, 320 SODA; CONTROL NO: 26571
• DISCUSSION SECTION 184 S 101: Tu 11:30-12:30pm, 405 SODA; CONTROL NO: 26566
• DISCUSSION SECTION 184 S 102: Tu 1-2pm, 320 SODA; CONTROL NO: 26569
• NO  STRUCTURED LAB SECTIONS!
• TEACHING ASSISTANT: Niels Joubert
  
• TEACHING ASSISTANT: James Andrews
  

PREREQUISITES:

• CS 61B: Knowledge of data structures; programming skills in C, C++, or Java;
being able to build software composed from several interacting modules.
Framework for the weekly assignments will be C++;
a brief introduction to C++ will be given in the first two Discussion Sections.


• Linear Algebra and Calculus, e.g., Math 54 or equivalent.
Knowledge of coordinate systems, vectors, matrices, transformations.