Online Course On Computer Graphics: University Of California

Introduction to Computer graphics is a free online course offered by the UC San DiegoX, this course helps you to learn, to create images of 3D scenes in both real-time and with realistic ray tracing in this introductory computer graphics course. This course is a part of a Professional Certificate Program.

Interested candidates can enroll in this online course, on or before June 1, 2017.

About the course:

Computer graphics is a central part of our lives, in movies, games, computer-aided design, virtual reality, virtual simulators, visualization and even imaging products and cameras.
This course, part of the Virtual Reality (VR) Professional Certificate program, teaches the basics of computer graphics that apply to all of these domains.
Students will learn to create computer-generated images of 3D scenes, including flybys of objects, make a real-time scene viewer, and create very realistic images with ray tracing.
You will learn how to use real-time graphics programming languages like OpenGL and GLSL to create your own scene viewer, enabling you to fly around and manipulate 3D scenes.
Also, this program will teach you to create highly realistic images with reflections and shadows using raytracing.

What is learned?

Understand the concepts of 3D graphics.
Write and develop programs that create images of a 3D scene with lighting.
Learn the basics of graphics programming with OpenGL and GLSL.

Prerequisites:

Solid C/C++ programming background (Java is ok too; you will pick up C++)
Access to a relatively up-to-date computer (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)
Solid high school mathematics; a review of the relevant linear algebra is included in the first segment.