Lectures

Notes for dates later than the next class day are provisional and subject to change. Lecture notes are all in PDF format.

Date Title Readings and Assignments Activities
8/25 Introduction to Graphics
8/27 Intro to C# Assignment 1 Available Hands-on: Creating a MonoGame Project  
8/29 Importing Assets Hands-on: Importing Assets  
9/1 Labor Day  
9/3 Coordinates and Color Hands-on: Using Coordinates  
9/5 Image Manipulation: Pixel Traversal Assignment 1 Due

Assignment 2 Available

Hands-on: Creating Tint  
9/8 Image Manipulation: Filters Hands-on: Understanding Convolutions  
9/10 Image Manipulation: Convolutions Teams Assigned Hands-on: Using Convolutions  
9/12 Interactivity Assignment 2 Due Sunday

Assignment 3 Available

Hands-on: Interactivity  
9/15 Strings and Text Hands-on: Using Strings  
9/17 Typography and Fonts Hands-on: Displaying Text  
9/19 Object-Oriented Programming Assignment 3 Due Sunday

Assignment 4 Available

Hands-on: Creating Classes  
9/22 Object-Oriented Programming  
9/24 Components and Inheritance Hands-on: Building with Inheritance  
9/26 Scene Hierarchies Assignment 4 Progress Report Due Hands-on: Creating Scene Hierarchies  
9/29 Transforms Hands-on: Using Transformations  
10/1 Interpolation Hands-on: Using Linear Interpolation  
10/3 Non-linear Motion Assignment 4 Due Sunday

Assignment 5 Available

Hands-on: Using Non-linear Motion  
10/6 3D Shapes Hands-on: Using Shapes  
10/8 Projections and Cameras Hands-on: Moving Cameras  
10/10 Lighting Assignment 5 Progress Report Due Hands-on: Using Lighting  
10/13 Textures Hands-on: Using Textures  
10/15 Simulation and Particle Systems Hands-on: Basic Forces and Particles
10/17 Physical Simulation Assignment 5 Due

Assignment 6 Available

Hands-on: Using Masses and Springs  
10/20 Cellular Automata Hands-on: Game of Life and Ants  
10/22 No Class Day  
10/24 GUI Interfaces Assignment 6 Progress Report Due Hands-on: Widgets  
10/27 Animation Hands-on: Sprite Animations  
10/29 Timers Hands-on: A Timer Class  
10/31 Data Structures and CSV Assignment 6 Due

Assignment 7 Available

Hands-on: Using CSV  
11/3 XML Hands-on: Using XML  
11/5 JSON Hands-on: Using JSON  
11/7 No Class Day Assignment 7 Progress Report Due  
11/10 Three.js Optional Hands-on: Creating a Scene  
11/12 Three.js Scenes Final Project Available Optional Hands-on: Loading Content  
11/14 Group Formation Assignment 7 Due  
11/17 Group Work Day Final Project Plan Submitted  
11/19 Introduction to WebGL  
11/21 Introduction to Shaders  
11/24-11/29 Thanksgiving Break  
12/1 Class Presentations  
12/3 Class Presentations  
12/5 Class Presentations  
12/8 Awards Ceremony Final Project Due  

Last modified: 08/19/25 by Sarah Abraham theshark@cs.utexas.edu