CS 184/284A Fall 2026
Instructor: James O’Brien /
Lecture: 3:30-5:00PM Tu & Th, Zoom
Course Schedule
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Discussion | Homework | Project |
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| 1 | Tue Aug 25 | No Lecture |
C++ Review Session Slides |
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| Thu Aug 27 | 1. Introduction Slides |
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| 2 | Tue Sep 01 | 2. Drawing Triangles Slides |
2. Triangles and Sampling Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Thu Sep 03 | 3. Sampling and Aliasing Slides |
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| 3 | Tue Sep 08 | 4. Transforms Slides |
3. Transforms and Texture Mapping Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 0 | |
| Thu Sep 10 | 5. Transforms Continued Slides |
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| 4 | Tue Sep 15 | 6. Perspective Projection Slides |
4. Texture Mapping and Graphics Pipeline Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 1 Checkpoint (due 09/13) | |
| Thu Sep 17 | 7. Texture Mapping Slides |
Homework 1 (due 09/25) | |||
| 5 | Tue Sep 22 | 8. Hidden Surface Removal Slides |
5. Texture Mapping and Graphics Pipeline Continued Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Thu Sep 24 | 9. Shading Slides |
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| 6 | Tue Sep 29 | 10. Bezier Curves and Surfaces Slides |
6. Splines and Curves Slides / Worksheet |
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| Thu Oct 01 | 11. Mesh Representations and Geometry Processing Slides |
Homework 2 Checkpoint (due 10/03) | |||
| 7 | Tue Oct 06 | 12. Ray Tracing | 7. Exam 1 Review Session | Homework 2 (due 10/09) | |
| Thu Oct 08 | 13. Acceleration Structures | ||||
| 8 | Mon Oct 12 | Exam 1 Week |
8. Half Edges and Ray Tracing | Homework 3 Checkpoint | |
| Tue Oct 13 | 14. Radiometry and Photometry | ||||
| Thu Oct 15 | 15. Monte Carlo Integration | ||||
| 9 | Tue Oct 20 | 16. Global Illumination and Path Tracing | 9. Photometry and Monte Carlo Integration | Homework 3 | |
| Thu Oct 22 | 17. Path Tracing and Photon Maps | ||||
| 10 | Tue Oct 27 | 18. Material Modeling and BRDFs | 10. Global illumination and Materials | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 19. Introduction to Color Science | ||||
| 11 | Tue Nov 03 | 20. Introduction to Color Science II | 11. Color | ||
| Thu Nov 05 | 21. Introduction to Animation | ||||
| 12 | Tue Nov 10 | 22. Motion Capture | 12. Simulation, Kinematics, Animation | Homework 4 Checkpoint | Final Project Proposal |
| Thu Nov 12 | 23. Inverse Kinematics and Optimization | Homework 4 | |||
| 13 | Tue Nov 17 | 24. Introduction to Physical Simulation | 13. Exam 2 Review Session | ||
| Thu Nov 19 | 25. Fluid Simulation | Final Project Milestone | |||
| 14 | Tue Nov 24 | 26. Virtual Reality | 14. VR and Image Sensors | ||
| Thu Nov 26 | No Lecture (Thanksgiving) |
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| 15 | Mon Nov 30 | Exam 2 Week |
No Discussion | Final Project Report & Video | |
| Tue Dec 01 | 27. TBD | ||||
| Thu Dec 03 | No Lecture |