• Overview
• Dates and Registration
  • AMC 10 mini-Booster Courses (Oct 23 – Nov 7)
  • Subject Courses (Sep 3 – Nov 21)
• Curriculum
• Levels and Courses
• Diagnostic Exams
• Faculty

Click here to see AlphaStar Online Fall Courses format overview

Math Overview

AlphaStar Online Math Courses are great opportunities for interested and talented students to improve their math skills. Students are guided and trained by an expert faculty via utilizing national and international competitions in a fun and challenging environment.

Two types of courses will be offered during the Fall season:

Booster courses mainly focus on improving exam performance in a short amount of time.

Subject courses cover the contest curriculum of the subject at that level and help students master subject-related problem-solving techniques and skills.

AMC 10 Booster Courses

A boosting opportunity for students to improve their exam performance in AMC 10 before the upcoming official contests.

Features

• Focus on exam practice and strategies
• Selected topics and skills that are essential for math competition mastery
• In-class Practice Tests created by AlphaStar Faculty (one test for each course) and video solutions
• Exam strategy tips to increase exam score and performance
• A discussion forum where students can ask questions to the Faculty and peers.
• Recorded lectures

Live mini-Booster Courses: Each live mini-booster course will have four 90-minute sessions. They focus on one or two areas of Math.

• (MC30B-A) AMC10 Basic Algebra Booster
• (MC30B-G) AMC10 Basic Geometry Booster
• (MC30B-CN) AMC10 Basic Counting & NT Booster
• (MC35B-A) AMC10 Advanced Algebra Booster
• (MC35B-G) AMC10 Advanced Geometry Booster
• (MC35B-CN) AMC10 Advanced Counting & NT Booster

Self Study Courses: These are from the 2020 Winter Camp. They contain all booster subjects.

• (MC30B) AMC10 Basic Booster
• (MC35B) AMC10 Advanced Booster

Subject Courses

The Math Curriculum at each level has four subject course offerings: Algebra, Counting, Geometry, and Number Theory. For example, MC25 level (AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced) has four subject courses: MC25A (Algebra), MC25G (Geometry), MC25C (Counting), and MC25N (Number Theory). Separate registration is required for each subject course. 

Each course has 12 chapters. A chapter will be covered in a 90-minute live session. For each chapter, there will be Lecture Notes, Example Problems, Exercise (HW) Problems, Quiz. There is also a discussion forum where students can ask questions to the Faculty and peers. The same course material is used for the courses with the same code & name regardless of the term (Fall, Spring, Spring Accelerated, Summer, etc.) they are offered.

During the Live Classes, the Instructor will teach the Lecture Notes, solve Example Problems, and review some of the Exercise (HW) Problems. The lectures are recorded. Live class students can access the recorded lecture video in their course accounts within a few days after each live class session. Self-study class students will have access to recorded sessions from a past or current live class.

For each Chapter, students are encouraged to work an additional 1 hour to review the material and work on the Exercise (HW) and Quiz problems, preferably on a regular basis when the material is taught fresh. However, there is no deadline for HW and Quizzes, hence the students can take and submit them whenever they want during the 1 year time after the course enrollment. There will be a Final Exam that students can take online anytime after going through all the course material. 

To see the differences and similarities between subject and booster courses please check the following table

	Subject Courses	Booster Courses
Curriculum	All topics within subject	Selected topics and problem solving
Focus	Subject Mastery	Exam Strategies
Number of 90-minute Sessions	12 sessions*	2 sessions x 6 days (AMC 8 Booster) 4 sessions (AMC 10 mini-Booster) 4 sessions x 6 days (AMC 10 Booster) 4 sessions x 6 days (AIME Booster)
Homework/Quiz	12 (one per session)	None
Exams	Final Exam (not in class)	3 Practice Tests (AMC 8) 1 Practice Test ** (AMC 10 mini-Booster) 3 Practice Tests (AMC 10 Booster) 2 Practice Tests (AIME) (**: Not in class)

Self Study Courses

Subject courses in all levels (8 levels, 32 courses) and Booster courses are offered in self-study format any time of the year.

Booster courses are from the 2020 Winter Camp and contain all booster subjects.

For more information and registration:

Self Study Courses

• SELF-STUDY: Self-study class students will have access to recorded sessions from a past or current live class.
• USA(J)MO Level: We may open USAMO/USAJMO level classes based on demand. Please fill out the Request Form below if you are interested. 

Dates & Registration

The assigned instructors are subject to change.

All class times are Pacific Time (PT).

AMC 10 mini-Booster Courses

Subject Courses

(*) Most counting courses will not be offered in Spring semester. Similarly, most number theory courses are not offered in Fall semester but they will be offered in Spring semester.

Please let us know your course and time preference for 2021 Fall Courses if the above table doesn’t fit your schedule. Based on the demand, we may open new classes or sections.  

Fall Course Request Form

Fees

• AMC 10 mini-Booster
  • Live (Interactive): $175
•  Booster (MC30B, MC35B, MC40B, and MC45B)
  • Self-Study: $400
• Subject
  • Live (Interactive): $475
  • Self-Study: $225

Registration Periods

Period	Deadline	Fee
Early Registration	August 10, 2021	$25 discount (Live Courses)
Regular Registration	Until Closes	Regular fee

Available Discounts

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Cancellation and Refund Policy

Math Curriculum

In AlphaStar Math classes, students are provided with necessary background in lectures and trained with different types of problems to master various problem solving techniques. The classes are problem solving-based, whose curriculum is aligned with prestigious national and international competitions. Please check http://mathcounts.org/ and http://amc.maa.org/ for more information about these competitions.

AlphaStar Math Program has eight levels with each level having four subject offerings: Algebra, Counting, Geometry, and Number Theory. Each of these subject courses are taught in 12 chapters. For each chapter, there are Lecture Notes, Example Problems, Exercise (HW) Problems, and a Quiz. Please click below to find objectives along with a sample problem for each chapter:

Math Curriculum: Objectives and Sample Problems

Levels and Courses

Below is a short description for each level. For more details and diagnostic exams, please click on the course name below.

• MC15 (Pre-MathCounts): For students in grades 4-6 who are good at school math
• MC20 (AMC 8/MathCounts Basic):  For middle school students who are familiar with Pre-Algebra topics and want to start training for middle school math competitions
• MC25 (AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced):  For middle school students who are familiar with Algebra-1 topics and want to master middle school math competitions
• MC30 (AMC 10/12 Basic):  For middle and high school students who are familiar with Algebra-1 topics and want to start training for high school math competitions AMC 10/12
• MC35 (AMC 10/12 Advanced):  For middle and high school students who are very comfortable with Algebra-1 topics and want to master high school math competitions AMC 10/12
• MC40 (AIME Basic):  For students who are comfortable with AIME qualification and want to start training for AIME, ARML, and high school competitions organized by prestigious universities
• MC45 (AIME Advanced):  For students who want to master AIME, ARML, and high school competitions organized by prestigious universities
• MC50 (USA(J)MO):  An introductory proof writing course. For students who are confident about USAJMO/USAMO qualification and are willing to work one hour on a single math Olympiad problem.

Please see the AlphaStar Math Program page for more details.

Diagnostic Exams

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If you have further questions about levels and subjects, please send us an email at info@alphastar.academy.

Faculty