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






March 31

Introduction


HW #0 Assigned

1






2

Displays


Choose partners for Project 1

3




4

Image Processing


HW#0 due
Impressionist Assigned

2






7

Image Processing

Project 1 Help Session
(1:30-2:20pm) in Sieg 228

8

 

Project 1 Help Session
(3:30-4:30pm) in Sieg 228

9

Affine Transformations

10






11

Affine Transformations
Hierarchical Modeling

 

3






14

Hierarchical Modeling


HW #1 assigned

Choose partners

15






16

Projections

17




18

Projections

Impressionist Due
Modeler Assigned

4






21

Hidden Surfaces


Impressionist Artifact

22




23

Hidden Surfaces

24






25

Shading


HW#1 Due

5






28

Shading


Choose partners

29





30

Ray Tracing

May 1

 

2

Ray Tracing


Modeler Due
Trace Assigned

6






5

Advanced Ray Tracing


Modeler Artifact

6




7

Texture Mapping

8




9

Texture Mapping


HW#2 Assigned

7






12

Parametric Curves


Choose Partners

13


14

Parametric Curves

15





16

Parametric Curves

Trace Due
Animator Assigned

8






19

Particle Systems


Trace Artifact Due

20



21

Animation Principles

22

23

Surfaces

9






26

No School - Memorial Day

27


28

Subdivision Surfaces

29

30

Motion Capture Animation

10






June 2

Principles of Traditional Animation

Animator Due

3






4

Advanced Topics in Animation (Physics Based Computer Animation)

5





Animation Snap-shot due at Noon

6

In Class Voting!


Animation Artifact Due at 10am

Finals
Week





9

10

Final Exam 2:30 - 4:20



11

12


13