COM SCI C174C · CS C174CComputer Animation
Computer Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to computer animation, including basic principles of character modeling, forward and inverse kinematics, forward and inverse dynamics, motion capture animation techniques, physics-based animation of particles and systems, and motor control. Concurrently scheduled with course C274C.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 174A.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
COM SCI C174C
- COM SCI 174AIntroduction to Computer Graphics
- COM SCI 32Introduction to Computer Science II
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 3 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.