ASMS Adds Engineering, Medical Sciences Tracks

The Alabama School of Mathematics and Science (ASMS) of Mobile is giving 10th-, 11th- and 12th-grade students in the state the opportunity to pursue college-level engineering and medical pathways in high school. Starting this school year, ASMS will offer two new specialized academic tracks for its students: “Engineering” and “Medical Sciences.” The goal of the interdisciplinary programs is to give ASMS students a head start on academic content they will later encounter if they choose an engineering major or a premedical track in college. Courses at ASMS are exclusively taught at the college level, and students can earn college credit at in-state universities for many of the courses. Students may elect to specialize in academic “concentrations,” such as the new tracks, which are interdisciplinary and give students the opportunity to take high-level electives including molecular biology, classical genetics, principles of biophysics, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, nuclear chemistry and data science.