| Date | Lecture Topics | Sections | Assignment | Assignment Due |
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| W 8/26 | Course Introduction |
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| M 8/31 | Computer Animation Production | Derakshani, Chapter 1 | ||
| W 9/2 | History of Computer Animation | Project 1 Project 1 Grade Sheet |
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| M 9/7 | Maya Interface | Derakshani, Chapter 2 | ||
| W 9/9 | Maya Interface | Derakshani, Chapter 2 | ||
| M 9/14 | Project 1 Critiques | Project 1 | ||
| W 9/16 | Modeling | Derakshani, Chapter 4 | ||
| M 9/21 | Modeling | Derakshani, Chapter 4 | ||
| W 9/23 | Disney 12 Principles of Animation | |||
| M 9/28 | ||||
| W 9/30 | Keyframe Animation | Derakshani, Chapter 8 | ||
| M 10/5 | Keyframe Animation | Derakshani, Chapter 8 | ||
| W 10/7 | Keyframe Animation | Derakshani, Chapter 8 | ||
| M 10/12 | Keyframe Animation | Derakshani, Chapter 8 | ||
| W 10/14 | ||||
| M 10/19 | Path Animation | |||
| W 10/21 | Rendering | |||
| M 10/26 | Lighting and Shading | |||
| W 10/28 | Dynamics | |||
| M 11/2 | Dynamics | |||
| W 11/4 | ||||
| M 11/9 | Lighting and Shading | |||
| W 11/11 | Lighting and Shading | |||
| M 11/16 | Scripting | |||
| W 11/18 | ||||
| M 11/23 | REMOTE CLASS | |||
| W 11/25 | THANKSGIVING BREAK | |||
| M 11/30 | Effects / Rendering / Photon Mapping | |||
| W 12/2 | The Uncanny Valley | |||
| Tu 12/8 | FINAL EXAM 2:00-5:00 (Section 1) | |||