Develop video games. Study Latin music. Earn a college degree from a high school campus.

These are some of the latest magnet offerings slated for the 2012-13 school year in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Superintendent Alberto Carvalho gave a sneak peek of the district’s latest magnet and career options to the School Board this week. The slate is a mix of brand new ideas and franchises of existing programs — like the iPrep program, which blends in-person and online courses.

The district has more than 340 magnet programs in more than 100 elementary, middle and high schools.

The interest in school choice continues to grow in Miami-Dade. Some 50,000 applications were received in 2011, and applications this year are expected to exceed that.

Carvalho called the latest offerings part of the district’s portfolio strategy. “Parents will shop based on what they believe is the best fit, the best option for their kids,” he told School Board members Wednesday at a workshop.

New on Miami-Dade’s school shopping list:

•  A conservatory of the arts in Hialeah, which will focus on Latin music and performing arts

•  A technology-intensive MAST program at the Museum of Science, where internships could start as early as February

•  College Board capstone programs at four schools

•  A medical program at Miami Sunset Senior High, including a focus on sports medicine

Four new franchises of iPrep, a high school program that allows high-performing students to design their own curriculum and conduct much of their studies online

•  A new iTech at Miami Springs Senior High, where students can learn the art and science of developing video games.

Carvalho quipped it would be the first “gaming school” in the state. “Not gaming as far as casino gaming, but gaming as far as the development of electronic and digital games,” Carvalho said. “The most successful entities developing these begin in their teens. We have that brainpower right here in our schools.”

The district plans to hold more fairs for parents and students to learn about different programs and have expanded tour days for students to get a first-hand taste.

While the deadline recently passed for 2012-13, there will be a chance to apply to some of the newest options and existing ones that don’t immediately fill their seats. All submitted applications will use a lottery to select students, with parents notified in mid-March. The newest programs will recruit students in the spring and summer.

Said School Board Chairwoman Perla Tabares Hantman: “This is about choice and giving the parents the opportunity to decide what is best for their children.”