Course calendar

The course calendar below gives the lecture topics, assignment and due dates for homeworks and projects, exam dates, times of project help sessions, and observed holidays.  The calendar is subject to change during the quarter, and we will remind you as each of the due dates and help sessions comes near.

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1

April 1

 

Introduction

 

 

HW#0 assigned

2

3

 

Displays

 

 

 

Choose partners

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

Image processing

 

 

HW#0 due

Impressionist assigned

2

8

 

Image processing

 

 

Project help session

9

 

 

 

 

Project help session

10

 

Affine transformations

 

11

12

 

Affine transformations

Hierarchical modeling

 

HW#1 assigned

3

15

 

Hierarchical modeling

 

Choose partners

16

 

17

 

Projections

 

18

 

19

 

Projections

 

 

Impressionist due

Modeler assigned

4

22

 

Hidden surfaces

 

 

Impressionist artifact 

Project help session

23

 

 

 

 

Project help session

24

 

Hidden surfaces

25

26

 

Shading

 

 

HW#1 due

5

29

 

Shading

 

Choose partners

30

May 1

 

Ray tracing

2

 

3

 

Ray tracing

 

Modeler due

Trace assigned

6

6

 

Ray tracing

 

Modeler artifact

Project help session

7

 

 

Project help session

8

 

Ray tracing

9

10

 

Texture Mapping

 

 

HW#2 assigned

7

13

 

Texture mapping
Parametric curves

14

 

 

 

 

15

 

Parametric curves

 

Choose partners

16

 

17

 

Parametric curves

 

 

8

20

 

Parametric Curves

 

Trace due

Animator assigned

21

 

 

 

 

Project help session

22

Particle systems

 

Trace artifact due by 12pm

Project help session

23

 

 

24

 

Particle systems + physical simulation

9

27

 

Memorial Day

No Class!

 

 

28

 

29

 

Perception

 

 

HW#2 due

30

 

31

 

Animation principles

 

10

June 3

Color

 

Animator Due

4

5

 

Surfaces

6

 

 

Animation snapshot
due at 12pm

7

 

In class voting!

 

Animation artifact due at 10am

Finals
Week

10

 

 

11

Final Exam:

2:30-4:20pm 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

13

14