- About the Advanced Problem Solving Class
- Summer 2010 Class Schedule
- Fall 2009 Class Schedule
- Winter 2008-2009 Class Schedule
- Spring 2009 Class Schedule
- Tuition
MIST Academy classes in Birmingham are held at 1401 Montgomery Hwy, Suite 121, Vestavia Hills, 35216.
Our Advanced courses are not offered in Birmingham Huntsville at this time. We expect to resume the Advanced courses in the Fall of 2010.
The Advanced Problem Solving course is listed for grades 9 through 12, but MIST Academy actually places students in classes by ability, not age or grade. The grade range has more to do with the competitions that make up some of the focus of this course. Problems and lessons are taken from many sources including the AMC 12, the Mandelbrot competition, Mu Alpha Theta, the AIME, ARML, and even sometimes from Olympiad competitions such as the USA Mathematical Olympiad.
Click here for a sample of the problems from the MIST Academy Intermediate Problem Solving course.
Advanced Problem Solving -- The Spring session of Advanced Problem Solving focuses on methods of problem solving and proof writing. Several weeks will be devoted to preparation for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME).
The Spring Advanced Problem Solving class will be held on Sunday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Class begins on February 22. A complete schedule can be found here. Cost of enrollment in the ten-week course is $390, which includes all fees, materials, and registration. To enroll, please contact us.
The theme of the Summer Advanced Problem Solving class is Number Theory. Topics include Diophantine equations, modular arithmetic, Fermat's Little Theorem, Euler's Theorem, Pell equations, and much more. Part of the goal of this class will be to teach a rigorous development of these topics, including proofs of many famous and useful results. Another goal will be to prepare students for the kinds of problem solving techniques helpful to a wide variety of analytical disciplines such as those seen on the AIME and USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) exams. This material should also be helpful for students competing in Alabama math team events, or the Alabama ARML team.
The Fall Advanced Problem Solving class will be held on weekday afternoons from 2:00 to 5:00 PM. Class begins on August 26. A complete schedule can be found here. Cost of enrollment in the two-week course is $600, which includes all fees, materials, and registration. To enroll, please contact us.
The theme of the Fall Advanced Problem Solving class is Inequalities and Optimization. Topics include the Trivial Inequality, QM-AM-GM-HM Inequality chain, classical inequalities and their derivations, geometric inequalities, and more. Much of the class will be aimed at the levels of problems seen on the AIME and USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) exams. This material should also be helpful for students competing in Alabama math team events, or the Alabama ARML team.
The Fall Advanced Problem Solving class will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Class begins on August 26. A complete schedule can be found here. Cost of enrollment in the ten-week course is $390, which includes all fees, materials, and registration. To enroll, please contact us.
2008-2009 Winter Class Schedule
The theme of the Winter Advanced Problem Solving class is Problem Solving and Contest Preparation. Topics include parity, the pigeonhole principle, modeling, preparation for the AIME and USAMO competitions, and much more. This material should also be helpful for students competing in Alabama math team events, or the Alabama ARML team.
The Winter Advanced Problem Solving class will be held on Sunday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Class begins on November 16. A complete schedule can be found here. Cost of enrollment in the ten-week course is $390, which includes all fees, materials, and registration. To enroll, please contact us.