Course format:
Three hours of lecture, one hour of discussion, and three
hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisites:
61B; knowledge of linear algebra and calculus.
Description:
Introduction to principles of computer graphics.
Comparison of various display devices. Two- and
three-dimensional transformations such as rotation, scaling,
translation, and their matrix representations. Homogeneous
coordinates, projective transformations including several
formulations for perspective projection. Algorithms for
clipping, hidden surface removal, anti-aliasing. Lighting
models for reflection, refraction, and transparency.
Mathematical techniques for curve and surface
representation.
(F,SP) Barsky, Sequin.
(From the '97-'99 General Catalog updated as of 12/04/97)
Course format:
Four hours of lecture and one hour of recitation per week.
Prerequisites:
40, Mathematics 53 and 54.
Description:
Continuous and discrete-time transform analysis
techniques with illustrative applications. Linear and
time-variant systems, transfer functions. Fourier series,
Fourier transform, Laplace and Z-transforms. Sampling
theorem. Solution of differential and difference equations
using transforms. Vector differential and difference
equations, state-space method of analysis. Frequency
response, Bode and Nyquist plots, stability analysis.
(F,SP) Fearing, Kahn.
(From the '97-'99 General Catalog updated as of 12/04/97)
Credit option:
Students will not receive credit for 2 after taking 1.
Course format:
Three hours of lecture per week.
Description:
An overview of psychology for students who will not
major in the field. This course satisfies the prerequisite
for upper division decade courses, but not for 100A-100B or
for the major.
(F,SP) (From the '97-'99 General Catalog updated as of 12/04/97)
Course format:
Six hours of instructional studio and three hours of open
studio per week.
Prerequisites:
8A or 8B.
Description:
A concentrated investigation of what painting on a
two-dimensional surface can elicit from what is both
observed and felt. Illustrated talks will help familiarize
you with issues that have concerned painters in the 20th
century.
(F,SP) (From the '97-'99 General Catalog updated as of 12/04/97)
