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2026-2027 Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Catalog

CSC 361 - Computer Graphics


Instructor
Staff

Overview of 2D and 3D computer graphics techniques: line drawing routines, antialiasing, 3D object representation, culling, z-buffers, a-buffers, illumination and shading models, ray tracing, color models, the graphics pipeline, levels of detail, and image processing. Emphasis on understanding and implementing computer graphics algorithms and creating computer generated images using OpenGL and C++.

Satisfies the Applications elective requirement in the Computer Science major.
Satisfies an elective requirement in the Computer Science minor.
Counts towards the Mathematics major and minor.

Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 140 or MAT 150 and CSC 221