Computer Graphics 1

Lecturer:

Prof. Dr. Butz

Assistants:

Doruntina Murtezaj, Xuedong Zhang, Michelle Dutoit

ECTS:

6ECTS

• Syllabus
• Teaching Format
• Prerequisites
• Communication
• Dates and Locations
• Lecture Schedule
• Tutorial Schedule

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Syllabus

Teaching Format

The lecture and the tutorials will take place in presence. Registration and grading is performed via Moodle (password: tba).

Prerequisites

The course is designed for senior bachelor students (4th semester or higher) who have taken those following courses (recommended) or have equivalent knowledge:

• Lineare Algebra für Informatiker
• Einführung in die Programmierung
• Programmierung und Modellierung
• Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen
• Digitale Medien

Further details regarding study plan can be found in Semesterplanung.

Communication

Inquiries/questions/discussions concerning the course can be sent to Moodle Forum.

Dates and Locations

• Lecture:
  Date: Tuesdays, 10:00 - 12:00
  Location: tba
• Tutorial
  

  Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
  Fridays 10-12, Theresienstr. 41, C113	Fridays 12-14, Amalienstr. 73A, 218	Fridays 14-16, Amalienstr. 73A, 218	Fridays 16-18, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 D Z001

Lecture Schedule

Lecture topics are subject to change.

Date	Topic
21.04.2026	Lecture 1: Introduction, Motivation, and Tutorial Organisation
28.04.2026	Lecture 2: Transformations and Scene Graphs
05.05.2026	Lecture 3: 3D Geometry and Modeling
12.05.2026	Lecture 4: Cameras
19.05.2026	Lecture 5: Rasterization
26.05.2026	No Lecture
02.06.2026	Lecture 6: Light, Appearance, Material
09.06.2026	Lecture 7: Shading, Rendering
16.06.2026	No lecture
23.06.2026	Lecture 8: Animation
30.06.2026	Lecture 9: Interaction
07.07.2026	Lecture 10: Alternative Rendering Pipelines
14.07.2026	Lecture 11: VR, AR

Tutorial Schedule

(To be adjusted depending on number of participants)

Date	Topic
24.04.2026	Organization & Assignment 1 Practical Part: Unity Setup
01.05.2026	No Tutorial
08.05.2026	Assignment 1 Theoretical Part Linear Algebra
15.05.2026	Assignment 2 Theoretical Part 3D Geometry and Modeling
22.05.2026	Assignment 2 Practical Part: TBD
29.05.2026	Assignment 3 Theoretical Part Camera, Rasterization and Clipping
05.06.2026	Assignment 3 Practical Part: TBD
12.06.2026	Assignment 4 Theoretical Part Shading and Rendering
19.06.2026	Assignment 4 Practical Part: TBD
26.06.2026	Assignment 5 Theoretical Part Interpolation, Interaction & Animations
03.07.2026	Assignment 5 Practical Part: TBD
10.07.2026	VR in Unity
17.07.2025	Q&A