Course description, from the catalogue:

COM 1370 Computer Graphics -- 4 QH

Focuses on characteristics and programming of graphics output devices. Presents basic point and line drawing, two-dimensional displays; clipping and windowing. Surveys pictures; data structures and display file organization; and interaction; graphical input and event-driven programs. Includes some three-dimensional drawing.
Prereq. COM1201 and MTH1301 (Linear Algebra 1).

Institution:

Northeastern University, and the College of Computer Science, Boston, MA.

Instructor:

Professor Robert P. Futrelle   Email me at: futrelle@ccs.neu.edu.
You can also use a web form to contact me without using email.

Office:

115 Cullinane

Hardcopy mailbox:

161 Cullinane

Telephone:

Office 617-373-4239

Teaching Assistant:

Jing Shan

Office : 11CN

Phone : 617-373-8091

Email : jshan@ccs.neu.edu

Course Calendar:

See the separate page for the Course Calendar.

Programming language and platform:

This course will use Java on the College's Unix systems. This will allow produce code and documents that can be easily handed in electronically and efficiently graded. Many of the assignments will be done using applets which display in browsers.

Textbook:

Computer Graphics. C Version by Donald Hearn and M. Pauline Baker (Prentice-Hall, 2nd ed. 1997)

Personal Help:

If you need help at any time, find me in my office, call, or send email, or ask in class to set up an appointment. My office hours and normal advising hours are Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30.

On-line help:

There are links to numerous resources available on this course site. But in general, you can use google.com to find good information about any topic, from overviews to details. Google is felt by many to be the Number 1 search engine because of the powerful algorithms it uses.

Classes:

Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,10:30-11:35 (Sequence 3) Room 247CN.

Quizzes and Exams:

There will be numerous quizzes, as well as a midterm and a final. All are closed-book, no calculators.

Grading:

See the page on grading.

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