Course Syllabus/Outline:

(topics equally weighted over the course of the term)

1. Introduction/Basics
   1. Optics
   2. Film
   3. Digital Medium
2. Historical Overview
   1. Imaging & Art
   2. Photography & Cameras
3. Human Vision System and Cognition
   1. The Eye
   2. Early vision to High-Level Vision
   3. Perception & Cognition
4. Optics
5. Camera Models
   1. Perspective / Orthographic
   2. 2D – 3D
   3. Camera Calibration
6. Digital Representations / Compression
7. Processing & Filtering
8. Lines, Edges, & Curves.
9. Geometry, Shape & Depth, Distortion.
10. Texture synthesis and perception
11. Image-based Rendering (& Modeling)
12. Multiple-cameras, Multiple-views.           
    1. Panaroma’s, Omni-directional imaging and Image Stiching
    2. Lumograph and Light-field Rendering
13. Newer types of cameras and imaging
14. Aesthetics & Depiction
15. Critiques
16. Project Presentation/Discussion