USACO Silver

Intensive C++

Silver level is the first serious step of USACO competition. One must master a variety of algorithms to be able to pass this level. This is why Star League Silver curriculum is twofold: Foundations courses (Part I and Part II) and Problem Solving. Foundations courses teaches the necessary algorithms. Part I is the first in the series.

The class starts by introducing the concept of efficiency and frequently used Data Structures. Each week students will study two new topics. See the curriculum tab below for other covered topics.

The class is presented for C++ users. Syntax and language constructs are explained for C++. 

One need not pass the Bronze contest in order to take this course. However, student must have completed Bronze training (Bronze Part I, II, and PS) to take this class by having solved all of the exercises and problems in the Bronze courses.

Each class features lecture teaching the topic of the day and several past USACO problems or related exercise questions. After the presentation of a problem instructor demonstrates how to identify the need to use the content of the day's lecture and steers the students towards an acceptable solution through critical questions and hints. At the end the instructor wraps up the discussion and provides a clear solution that demonstrates the usefulness of the day's topic. Students are expected to implement their solution or the presented solution as homework until next meeting.

During the optional office hours students get individual help about challenging concepts they encounter during their study of the course material.

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2022 Fall
Sat 17 Sep
Sat 10 Dec
Computer Science Live Interactive
12 Weekly Meetings. (Saturdays )
Sep. 17th to Dec. 10th
Between 10:00am and 11:45am
America/Los_Angeles (PDT)
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This Course Features
  • Live Interactive Instruction
  • Highly Experienced Teacher
  • Proven Curriculum for USACO Silver Preparation
  • 24 Hours of Immersive Teaching and Practice
  • 50+ Hours of Supplementary Video Problem Solving
  • Integrated Weekly Live Office Hours
  • Lectures are Recorded for Make Up Purposes
  • In Depth Discussion of Solutions
  • Minimum One Year Access to Course Materials
  • Online Instant Scoring for Code Submissions
  • Progress Check with Midterm and Final Exams
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Ilshat Safiullin, Ph. D.
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01Sorting
02Searching
03Built-in Data Structures
04Breadth First Search (BFS)
05Recursion
06Divide and Conquer
07Backtracking
08Depth First Search (DFS)
09Flood Fill
0APrefix Sum Array
0BSliding Window and Two Pointers
01Difference Array
02Introduction to Graphs
03Tree Algorithms
04Sweep Line
05Geometry: points, lines, line segments, polygons
06Greedy
07Introduction to Dynamic Programming
08Sweep Line
09Numeric Algorithms
0AGreedy and Ad-hoc Problems
0BSimulation Problems
10:00 am Lecture105 minutes
08:00 am Office hour105 minutes
Times shown are in Pacific Time Zone.

The student must have finished Bronze training (Bronze Part I, II, and PS) or past the Bronze contest. AP Computer Science A course is equivalent to Part I and Part II. If a student consistently can fully solve at least two problems at any Bronze contest they can start Silver training with this course and keep practicing for Bronze contest.

You can either take a published contest at the official USACO website (usaco.org) or take our Placement test here. First you will need to create an account for the student for the respective site. Please contact us if you encounter any difficulty.

Year-round classes are recommended for younger students. Year-round (YR) classes cover entire curriculum during the live discussion of weekly meetings. In contrast, in the Intensive (INT) version of the same course, selected portions of the curriculum are provided as recorded lectures in order to cover twice as much material in a week. Office hours are integral part of the Intensive classes. They are optional for the year-round classes. Year-round classes finish the level curriculum in two parts, where Part I is taken in the Fall and Part II is taken in the spring. However, Intensive courses finish the level curriculum in one semester.

If you need to take an Intensive course that is not available, you may want to take a self paced version bundled with live office hour.