Spring Online Live Courses will be offered between January 14 – April 4, and April 20 – May 30, 2021. Online course material is the same as On-Site spring courses.
- Regular Courses: January 14 – April 4, 2021 (12-week, 1 session per week)
- Accelerated Courses: April 20 – May 30, 2021 (6-week, 2 sessions per week)
For course curriculum, content, prerequisites, and other details, please see the following pages:
Course Formats
Online courses have Live Interactive and Self-Study formats:
Live Interactive: Includes live online classes with teacher interaction. We use Zoom for the online classroom environment. Students can actively participate in classes by asking questions, answering questions, and sharing their methods/solutions with the class.
NOTE: Student camera has to be turned on during the live sessions but parents can opt-out if they like. Please check AlphaStar Parent Guide for details.
Self-Study: Includes full AlphaStar course material except for Live Interactive Classes. Great for self-learners who want to finish the course at their own pace.
| Self-Study | Live Interactive | |
| Live Interactive Classes | X | ✓ |
| Recorded videos of live sessions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Instructional Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| AlphaStar full course material | ✓ | ✓ |
| Instant Feedback | ✓ | ✓ |
| Student & Parent accounts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online Course Access | 1 Year | 1 Year |
- Recorded videos of live sessions: 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.
- Instructional support: Students can ask their questions via the discussion forum and they will be answered by Teachers, TA’s, or other students during the Spring term. After this period, students can continue asking and discussing questions in the student discussion forum.
- AlphaStar full course material: Includes all lecture notes, problem sets, homework/quiz problems, and their solutions that are developed over a decade’s time.
- Instant Grading: Students submit their work online and get instant feedback.
- Parent accounts: Parents can track student progress anytime via their AlphaStar parent course account.
