This is not a course in the use of graphics software such as Photoshop or Maya. Rather, the course will teach the underpinnings of those programs. Although students will use OpenGL in this course, the focus will be on the underlying mechanisms of OpenGL rather than its sophisticated use.

In addition, lectures will make frequent use of basic concepts from linear algebra (vectors and matrices), geometry, trigonometry, and calculus (integral and differential). You should be comfortable with these concepts.

Assignments turned in one day late lose 33%, two days late lose another 33%, and after that the assignment is considered a zero.

However, each student has 5 late days to use at their own discretion over the course of the semester.  Each late day extends the due date by 24 hours.  If you submit an assignment after the due date, you must explicitly state the number of late days you wish to apply to the assignment.  With this flexibility built into the late policy, no other excuses will be accepted without a note from the Dean's office.  Note that late days are calendar days, not school days.  No exceptions for holidays or weekends.  Late days do not apply to examinations or to final projects.

Late days are designed to compensate for unforseen circumstances, such as unusual simultaneous course loads, network outages, disk drive crashes, vacations, scheduled family gatherings, and the like. Of course, you may use them as you see fit.

If you ever find yourself looking at another student's code for any reason, you are in violation of this policy (unless explicitly allowed).