Toward a singleton undergraduate computer graphics course in small and medium-sized colleges

ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shesh, Amit ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Graphics education; Graphics in small colleges; Ray tracing; Scene graphs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE; COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULA; GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS; GRAPHICS EDUCATION; GRAPHICS IN SMALL COLLEGES; SCENE GRAPH; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; UNDERGRADUATE COURSES;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; RAY TRACING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84888169846     PISSN: 19466226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2522689     Document Type: Article

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