Tutoring Curriculum
Medical engineering is built on a handful of school subjects: biology, chemistry, physics, math through calculus, and anatomy and physiology. Our tutors cover all of them, from middle school through AP. Each session starts from your own class and goals, so treat this page as a map of what we can cover, not a fixed syllabus.
What We Cover
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Biology
Middle school
- Cells and what they do
- Body systems
- Heredity and traits
High school
- Cell structure and transport
- Genetics and DNA
- Evolution and ecology
- The immune system
AP Biology
- Cellular energy
- Gene expression and regulation
- Cell communication
In medical engineering: growing replacement tissue, delivering drugs to the right cells, and tests that read DNA.
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Chemistry
Middle school
- Atoms, elements and compounds
- Mixtures and solutions
- Physical and chemical change
High school
- The periodic table and bonding
- Reactions and stoichiometry
- Gases, acids and bases
AP Chemistry
- Equilibrium
- Kinetics
- Thermodynamics and electrochemistry
In medical engineering: materials the body will accept, the contrast agents that make scans clearer, and how medicines are made.
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Physics
Middle school
- Forces and motion
- Energy
- Waves, light and sound
High school
- Newton’s laws, energy and momentum
- Waves and optics
- Electricity and circuits
AP Physics
- Physics 1 and 2
- Physics C: mechanics, electricity and magnetism
In medical engineering: the loads a prosthetic joint has to carry, how ultrasound and imaging work, and the circuits in pacemakers and sensors.
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Math, Algebra Through Calculus
Middle school
- Pre-algebra
- Ratios, proportions and equations
High school
- Algebra I and II
- Geometry and trigonometry
- Precalculus
AP Calculus
- Limits and derivatives
- Integrals and their uses
- AB and BC
In medical engineering: modelling how a drug dose rises and fades in the body, reading signals from a heart monitor, and designing devices to exact sizes.
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Anatomy and Physiology
High school
- Skeletal and muscular systems
- Nervous and cardiovascular systems
- Respiratory and digestive systems
- Homeostasis: how the body keeps itself steady
- Medical vocabulary
In medical engineering: every device is designed around the body it serves, from heart valves and ventilators to prosthetic hands.
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AP and Standardized-Test Science
Exam preparation
- AP Biology, Chemistry and Physics
- Free-response questions
- The ACT Science section
Skills
- Reading graphs, tables and experiments
- Working under time limits
- Spotting what a question is really asking
In medical engineering: researchers read data and judge experiments the same way, every day.
A Path Into Medical Engineering
Schools order their courses differently, so check yours with a counselor. This is one common way to build toward the field.
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Middle School
Build the Base
Get comfortable with pre-algebra and the basics of life, earth and physical science.
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9th and 10th Grade
Biology and Chemistry
Take biology and chemistry alongside algebra and geometry.
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11th Grade
Physics and Trigonometry
Add physics, finish algebra II and trigonometry, and try an AP science you enjoy.
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12th Grade
Calculus and the Body
Take calculus, and anatomy and physiology if your school offers it.