Text: Computer Graphics Through OpenGL: From Theory to Experiment, by Sumanta Guha, CRC Press, 2010.

This course is an introduction to computer graphics and OpenGL. Topics covered include two-dimensional drawing, model-view transformations, projections, geometric modeling, surface patchs, three-dimensional rendering, shading, ray tracing.

This course will cover chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 from the textbook, though we will not cover each of those chapters completely. Your grade for this course will be based on about 8 programming assignments and two exams in the following manner:

           40%    programming assignments,
           30%    midterm exam,
           30%    Final Exam.

           Exam 1   Monday, March 4
           Final    Final exam week.

You should turn in your own work for each programming assignment. Here is what that means: You may talk with your other classmates about the course material and the ideas behind each homework assignment but you should solve each problem on your own and write your own code for the solution. Turning in someone else's solution (or even a modified version of someone else's solution) is a breach of academic integrity. Similarly, giving a copy of your solution to someone else in the class is also a breach of academic integrity. If you need help with a homework assignment, come and ask me. You can ask me as many questions as you want! Please do not hesitate to ask me questions after class, in my office, in an e-mail message, over the phone, etc.

The final grades for this course will use a plus and minus grading system. The possible grades for this course, and a tentative grading scale for the grades, is given in the table below. The final grading scale that I use may not quite be the same as the one given below (the grade cutoffs might possibly be lower, but they will not be any higher than what is given in this table).

In this web site you will find more information about this course. There are links to online information about computer graphics, OpenGL, information about course reading assignments, and, very importantly, all of your homework assignments and their due dates will be posted on one of these web pages.

The software that you need to do all of your programming assignments are on computers in the Mathematics Computer Labs in CLO 363 and CLO 365. If you wish to work at home, I will show you in class how to install and use a very simple, yet very useful, C/C++ development environment built around a text editor for Windows. There is more information about this in these web pages.

If you are a student with a documented disability who will require academic/classroom accommodations in this course, please register with the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities in the Student Support Services Office located in the Student Union and Library Building (SUL), Room 341, phone numbers: 219-989-2455, 219-989-2454(voice/TTY) or 219-989-2920.

Ethics are an integral part of being a student and a professional. Academic integrity is the hallmark of this University. Therefore, Purdue University does not tolerate academic dishonesty in any form. If a student breaches integrity, the student risks sanctions in both the academic and conduct arenas. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the unauthorized use of other's intellectual property (plagiarism), and lying to an instructor or any University employee. Such actions WILL result in a failing grade on the assignment with the strong possibility of referral to the Office of the Dean of Students for a conduct sanction (see the Purdue University Calumet Student Handbook available from the Dean of Students office and the Dean of Students web site).