CS 4620 Introduction to Computer Graphics (also ARCH 3704)
Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: CS/ENGRD 2110.
Introduction to the principles of computer graphics in two and three dimensions. Topics include digital images, filtering and anti-aliasing, 2-D and 3-D affine geometry, ray tracing, perspective and 3-D viewing, the graphics pipeline, curves and surfaces, and human visual perception. Homework assignments require some Java programming. May be taken with or without concurrent enrollment in CS 4621.