CSC 4840/6840,
COMM 6840, FILM 4840, GrD4840
Computer Graphics Imaging
Spring 2009
Course Syllabus
Instructor:
Dr.
Office:
Office hours: Tuesdays 3:00 – 5:00pm
Office phone: (404) 413-5713
Email: yzhu (at) cs.gsu.edu
Web page: http://www.cs.gsu.edu/yzhu/4840-6840/home.htm
Class
hours:
Tuesday & Thursday
General Classroom Building 517
The course syllabus
provides a general plan for the course; deviations may be necessary.
This course teaches the basic 3D computer graphics techniques, such as mesh modeling, curves and surfaces, transformation, materials, lighting, texture mapping, and animation. Students will use the open source 3D modeling and animation tool Blender (www.blender3d.org) to study these techniques and develop course projects. By the end of this class, students are expected to create a short 3D animation film.
This course assumes no prior knowledge of computer graphics.
It is helpful to compare this course with CSc4820/6820 (Computer Graphics Algorithms). While both courses teach basic 3D computer graphics techniques, their focuses are different and the contents of the two courses supplement each other. In CSc4820/6820 students will spend much time studying real-time rendering issues through OpenGL programming. On the other hand, no programming is required in this course and the focus is on modeling and animation.
By the end of the semester students are expected to have a general understanding of the following:
The covered topics will include, but not limited to, the following:
The above topics are tentative and may change as the
course progresses.
For all students:
The grading scale is as follows:
Each student's letter grade for the course will depend directly on the numerical scores earned on the projects and exams.
March 2 is the last day to withdraw and possibly receive a “W”.
Lecture notes will be posted on the course web page.
To be announced.
To be announced.
Students needing academic accommodations for a disability must first contact Disability Services (Student Center, Room 230, extension 3-9044) and obtain a formal letter from that office authorizing special handling of the student. They should then schedule an appointment with the instructor to make appropriate arrangements.
Attendance to all lectures is highly recommended. If you miss a class, you still are responsible for the material covered that day, including project or homework assignments and changes in schedules.
Religiously observant students wishing to be absent on holidays that require missing class and/or exam should notify the instructor in advance and discuss acceptable ways of making up any work missed because of the absence.
Students are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the University's policy on academic honesty, which is located in section 409 of the faculty handbook.