CS 255 - Computer Graphics

This course provides an introduction to the computational concepts that generate graphics and animations with a computing system. Students learn about the hardware, software, computer languages, and mathematical tools used in the construction of graphic images on a computer screen. Selected topics include graphics data structures and modeling, 2-D and 3-D mathematical tools for modeling and viewing graphic components, hidden line and hidden surface removal, and generating 3-D models for use on the Internet.

Counts as a computer science elective for the Web Design minor.

Four credits.

Prerequisite(s): CS 101 or CS 111 or permission of the instructor.