CMPS 160 -- Fall 2009 -- course overview

CMPS 160: Fall 2009
Course Overview

Main Text

Interactive Computer Graphics: A top-down approach with OpenGL, 5th edition
E. Angel

Computer Graphics with OpenGL, 3rd edition
Hearn and Baker

OpenGL Text

OpenGL Primer, 3rd edition
E. Angel

OpenGL Programming Guide, 7th edition
D. Shreiner

OpenGL SuperBible, 4th edition
Wright, Lipchak and Haemel

Prerequisites:

Math 12 or 17 or 21 or 27 -- matrix manipulation, determinants, dot products, and cross products.

CMPS 101 -- data structures, C/C++ programming.

Grading Policies: 4 programming assignments (24%), final project (26%) and 2 exams (25% each). You need to pass all of the components in order to pass the course. There is no final exam. Final project demo will be during the scheduled final exam date. Attendance/presentation is mandatory.

Exams are weighted 40-60 in your favor. Programs are due at 9am before class starts. Programs turned in at least a full day early will earn 1% bonus credit. Late programs (time stamp after 9am of due date) will be penalized 1% late point (that's 1/6 of each program). In addition, late programs will not be accepted 24 hours past due date. Late programs, reports, and presentations will not be accepted for the final project. The bonus credits may be accumulated up to a total of 50% toward program and final project credits. Programs are graded 80% for functionality and correctness and 20% for style, readability, documentation/writeup, and efficiency. Additional points may also be earned for extra features.

THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP EXAMS OR PROGRAMS. THERE WILL BE NO INCOMPLETES GIVEN IN THE CLASS.

Attendance: You should participate enough in the class lectures or outside of class (e.g. office hours) so that the TA or myself know who you are. You are required to attend one of the regularly scheduled lab sections. Attendance/participation/effort in the labs and lecture is crucial in determining borderline cases at the end of the quarter.

General Policies: All course work including homeworks, programs and exams are intended as individual effort (unless explicitly mentioned otherwise) and are graded as such. It is okay to discuss general approaches and algorithms with other students, but this should be done without writing, looking, or sharing code. Cheating or plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. Punishment will match severity of offense. You are responsible for protecting your homework solutions and programs from being copied by others. Refer to the official UCSC guidelines.