CS 179n: Graphics and Electronic Games

General

Lecture: Wednesday 4:10-5:00 PM, Spieth Hall 1307
Lab: Tuesday 6:40-9:30 PM, WCH 133
Syllabus: pdf.
Piazza: here. (Sign up here.)

Instructor

Craig Schroeder

Office: Chung 309
Office Hours: MF 4:00-5:00 PM, W 1:00-2:00 PM

Email: craigs@cs.ucr.edu

Teaching Assistant

Ounan Ding

Office: Chung 227
Office Hours: TR 10:00-11:00 AM

Email: oding001@ucr.edu

Course Summary

This course covers the planning, design, implementation, testing, and documentation of a graphics- or electronic game-related system. Incorporates using techniques presented in previous related courses. Emphasizes professional and ethical responsibilities; the need to stay current on technology; and its global impact on economics, society, and the environment.

Course Schedule

Week	Dates	Lab topic	Lecture topic


1	04/02-04/06	LaTeX, git, form teams^*	Overview, writing a proposal
2	04/09-04/13	blender (geometry)^*	Game development
3	04/16-04/20	testing, valgrind, gdb^*	Team work
4	04/23-04/27	Work on projects	Ethics
5	04/30-05/04	Work on projects^*	Technology and Society
6	05/07-05/11	Work on projects	TBD
7	05/14-05/18	profiling, optimization^*	Checkpointing
8	05/21-05/25	Work on projects	Public speaking
9	05/28-06/01	Work on projects	Guest lecture
10	06/04-05/08	Presentations (tips)	Communitation essay due in class

^*These tasks are intended to be completed in teams during the lab time and must be checked off with the TA. If not completed during this time, they may be completed outside lab and checked off with the TA anytime before the beginning of the next lab.

What is due

Date	Time	Where	Type	What


04/06	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Team assignments
04/13	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Draft proposal
04/20	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Finalized proposal
04/27	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Milestone 1
05/02	4:10 PM	in class	self	Assignment 1 (resources)
05/04	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Milestone 2
05/09	4:10 PM	in class	self	Assignment 2 (resources)
05/11	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Milestone 3
05/18	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Milestone 4
05/25	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Milestone 5
06/01	11:59 PM	iLearn	team	Final project
05/05	6:40 PM	in lab	self	Assignment 3
05/08	5:00 PM	WCH 309	self	Assignment 4

Announcements

Welcome to CS 179n: Graphics and Electronic Games.

Note on academic integrity

Items due through iLearn are to be completed in teams. Presentations and lab tasks to be completed in teams. Assignments are to be completed individually. If you are unsure whether an assignment is individual or team, please ask the professor or the TA. Tips to make sure you do not violate the academic integrity policy:

Start on assignments and projects right away so you do not find yourself in a desperate situation.
If you are having trouble with an assignment, please email the professor and/or TAs.
You may discuss the material with other students, the TAs, and the professor.

Please familiarize yourself with the campus academic integrity policy.

Grading

20%	Assignments
20%	Final presentation
10%	Proposal
30%	Milestones
15%	Final project and writeup
5%	Lab tasks

Late policy

There will be no make-up items allowed. Instead, the following accommodations will be made:

Each team will have a total of 4 late days, which may be used on any items submitted through iLearn. No item may be submitted more than 2 days late.
Each individual student is allowed to submit one assignment late. Assignments 1-3 may be submitted late until the end of office hours on Friday. Assignment 4 may be submitted late on the following Monday by 5:00 PM (in WCH 309). All assignments must be submitted in hardcopy. No emailed or otherwise electronic submissions are permitted. Assignments may be submitted early.
Lab tasks may be completed up to a week after the beginning of each lab.