SEMESTER  SCHEDULE  OF  TOPICS
Week
Dates
Planned Topic
TEXT(S) REFERENCE
Hill= Computer Graphics Using OpenGL (Hill)
OGL = OpenGL Manual/v.1.1
OGLv1.2 = OpenGL Manual/v.1.2
GLUT = GLUT Programming Interface
1
1/8

1/10
 Overview of the course;
Introduction to shading models;
Material properties;
Light sources

Hill: p. 408 - 436
OGL: Lighting, Chapter 5,
      pages 169 - 211
OGLv1.2 : Lighting, Chapter 5, pages 173 - 218
2
1/15

1/17

Tuesday: Dr. Brent Insko, UNC - guest speaker

Thursday: Spot Lights

OGLv1.1: Spotlights, pages 184 - 187; page 207; Subdividing Faces, pages 81 - 89
OGLv1.2 :Spotlights, pages 189 - 191; page 213; Subdividing Faces, pages 84 - 92
3
1/22

1/24
 Modeling shapes with polygonal meshes;
Newell's Method for determing normal vectors		 Hill: p. 287 - 295
4
1/29

1/31
    
5
2/5

2/7
    
6


2/12

2/14

    
7

2/19

2/21
    
8
2/26

 2/28
    
9
3/5

3/7
    
10
3/19

 3/21
    
11

3/26

3/28
    
12
4/2

4/4
   
13
4/9

4/11
   
14
Tues
4/16  
 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Final Project Presentations