Today's programmer is familiar with animated icons moving in response to a mouse and three-dimensional CRT images of photo-realistic quality. In this course, we explore the science and technology underlying these visual effects. Course material covers a broad range of topics, including graphics data structures and algorithms, interactive windowing systems, curve and surface modeling techniques and fractals. Students will complete a series of projects including perfecting tools for the rendering of shaded images of naturalistic three-dimensional scenes. All work will be done on high-performance color workstations. Evaluation will be based primarily on these project assignments and exams. Prerequisites: Computer Science 136 and either Mathematics 211 or both Computer Science 109 and permission of the instructor. Expected enrollment: 15. PROJECT COURSE.