Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: "C-" or better in CS 3500 AND Full Major status in (Computer Science OR Computer Engineering).
Description
Computer graphics is the discipline of generating images though computer programs. This course covers modern computer graphics hardware and software. Students will learn raster algorithms in 2D and 3D, coordinate transformation, projections, projections, lighting/shading, and texture mapping, vertex and fragment shaders and how they work. Students will also learn the differences between raster algorithms and ray-tracing algorithms.