Re: Announcement: Intro CG class with GLSL

My personal opinion is that it really does not worth the money , altough is 
a great curriculum.
Why I say it doesnt worth ? You can buy a book like "Mathematihics for 3d 
game prograaming"
by Eric Lengyel or similar , couple it with a basic OpenGl book and with a 
bit of determination
you will cover verything there for about 100$ and likely the same time. All 
you need is some basic math knwledge to cover everything in the course.

It might worth auditing it if price is less than 200 USD. More, no, because 
everything is available for free code on internet or in books. Unless you 
want to pay for "Harward" brand, but in the end, a no certification course 
is brandless. Keep your money and do something funny with them :P

Dan


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>
> Sorry, I don't make the rules, I only work for Harvard... ;-)
>
> Auditing without credit, as far as I know, is indeed cheaper. I'll find 
> out how much.
>
> - HP
>
> Jesse Laeuchli wrote:
>> welcome to higher education in america ;-)
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>>
>>
>>
>>>1600$ is pretty steep.
>>>Any way this class can be audited for less?
>>>
>>>Roland
>>>
>>>--- Hanspeter Pfister <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>CSCI E-234: Introduction to Computer Graphics and GPU Programming
>>>>September 21, 2005 through January 18, 2006
>>>>Harvard Extension School
>>>>
>>>>This class is also offered as a distance education course with
>>>>archived
>>>>and live video feeds.
>>>>
>>>>The goal of this class is to provide you with sufficient background
>>>>to
>>>>write computer graphics applications in OpenGL. This year - for the
>>>>first time - we will introduce graphics processor unit (GPU)
>>>>programming
>>>>using the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL). GPUs are widely used today
>>>>to
>>>>drive cutting-edge 3D game engines, virtual reality simulations, and
>>>>film pre-production. GPUs have changed computer graphics and how we
>>>>teach it. Students will learn how to program GPUs to perform a
>>>>variety
>>>>of tasks, such as 3D lighting, animation, image processing, and
>>>>special
>>>>effects.
>>>>
>>>>More details and syllabus at
>>>>http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~cscie234/
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