CSCI 371 - Computer Graphics

3 Credit(s)

Basic concepts of raster graphics algorithms and systems, interactive graphics, geometrical transformations, and 3D viewing. Advanced topics are selected from representation of curves, surfaces, and solids; geometric modeling and graphics standards; color models; image synthesis including visible surface determination, shading, illumination, and ray tracing; modeling of texture, growth and change with fractals, grammar-based models, particle systems; animation; image processing and coding methods; high-performance hardware architectures including frame-buffer strategies and parallel processing.
Prerequisite(s): CSCI 257 and CSCI 258 or CSCI 247 and 248.