Course Number
CMPSC 280
Internal Course Number
280
Level
Graduate
Units
4
Course Description

Prerequisite: Computer Science 180.
Special topics in computer graphics including: curves and curved surfaces; visual perception of colors and color models; shading models; shadow generation; texture mapping; solid textures; stereographics; helmet-mounteddisplay; graphics hardware/architecture; solid modeling; physically based modeling; fractals and graphtals; volume rendering; scientific visualization.