Schedule
CS 445: Computer Graphics, Fall 2014

The schedule below is tentative and may be subject to change. Links will appear at time of the schedule/assignment dates.

Week		Topic	Assignment	Comments
1	Aug 26/28	Course Overview, C++	Lab 0: C++ Practice
2	Sept 2/4	Ray Tracing: Basic Algorithm	Lab 1: Building a Ray Tracer, part 1
3	Sept 9/11	Ray Tracing: Modeling and Shading	Lab 1: Building a Ray Tracer, part 2	Sept 9: Last Day to Add/Drop
4	Sept 16/18	Ray Tracing: Shadows, etc	Lab 1: Building a Ray Tracer, part 3
5	Sept 23/25	Introduction to OpenGL: The Pipeline and Data Structures	Lab 2: Getting Started with OpenGL
6	Sept 20, Oct 2	Program Structure and Transformations	Lab 3: Transformations
7	Oct 7/9	Scene Graphs (Tues) Exam Review (Thurs)	No lab.	Fri-Sat: Prof Orr at CCSC-NW Conference Oct 7: Last Day to Choose CR/NC
8	Oct 14/16	Exam 1 (Tues), Thur: Camera and Navigation.	Lab 4: Navigation	Fri - Mid-semester day
9	Oct 21/23	Camera (cont), Lighting & Shaders	Lab 5: Lighting & Shaders
10	Oct 28/30	Lighting & Shaders	Lab 5: Lighting & Shaders (cont)	Fri: Last Day to Withdraw
11	Nov 4/6	Textures	Lab 6: Textures
12	Nov 11/13	More on Textures and Shaders	Lab 7: Final Project
13	Nov 18/20	Exam review (Tues) Exam 2 (Thurs)	Lab 7: Final Project - Part 1 is due Tues	Registration for Spring
14	Nov 25/27	Work on Projects	Lab 7: Final Project - Part 2 is due Tues	Registration for Spring Thanksgiving: no class Thurs or Fri
15	Dec 2/4	Project Presentations - due Dec 4	Lab 7: Final Project - Completed project is due Thurs
	There is no final exam.