Witchcraft and
Wizardry First Year Courses
"Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus"
(Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon)
Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Curriculum! Here at Hogwarts our main priority is to fulfill every students needs and concerns. By doing this, we have made sure our students academics are in the best hands possible. Picking out class can be very tricky and frustrating, so with that, we have gone ahead and outlined every students first year classes! This curriculum outline will help guide every student through each class of their first year. Even though Hogwarts is an extensive 7 year university, the beginning year is the hardest to manage. As we are dedicated to our craft and honor, Hogwarts wants to make sure every students first year is beyond excellent!
First Year Classes
- Astronomy: Usually taught by Professor Aurora Sinistra. This course will take place every Wednesday at midnight. Topics included are studying the night sky with telescopes and learning the stars names through their deductions. Make sure your time is managed because Professor Sinistra is known to give large amounts of homework!
- Charms: Taught by Professor Filius Flitwick. This course will teach students how to use charms to cast different spells. The first and most prominent charm that students will learn is the "Levitation Charm" called Wingardium Leviosa. This first charm is taught to first year students because it's the simplest, yet most important charm for a young wizard to learn. Each year, charm class will get exceptionally harder as students will learn about cheering charms, summoning charms, banishing charmss, and silencing charms.
- Defense Against the Dark Arts (D.A.D.A.): This class has been taught by several teachers such as Professor Quirrell, Professor Lockhart, Professor Lupin, Professor Moody, and Professor Umbridge. Due to the severity of the class, (dealing with the highest of dark spells and powers), professors are subject to change frequently. D.A.D.A prepares students, if need be, to defend themselves against things pertaining to the dark arts. This class teaches students to block unfriendly spells and how to defeat the dark lords.
- Herbology: Usually taught by Professor Sprout. Herbology is the study of magical and mundance plants and fungi. Students will learn how to take care of various plants and their magical properties. Classes are held in the Hogwarts greenhouses. The greenhouses are located between the two main Bell Towers of the castle. Herbology is mandatory class for Hogwarts students and is offered several times a year. Each plant provided in the greenhouse can be extremely dangerous, so prepare to be very careful in class.
- History of Magic: Taught by Professor Binns. History of Magic is a required class for all students attending Hogwarts. This class is the study of magical history. Prepare yourself students, as this class can go for hours on end as Professor Binns loves to talk and lecture on the history of magic! This class is very educational as you will learn about the vicious goblin riots, outright goblin rebellions, giant wars, and many more!
- Potions: Taught by Professor Snape, then Professor Slughorn. Potions class is a highly extensive class that is usually always filled every year. It takes place in the dungeon, so dress accordingly as it will be very drafty and cold. In this class, students will need to memorize the properties of potion ingredients, the composition of specific potions, and preparing them. Essays and test will be given out periodically and consist of properties of potion ingredients and correctly analyzing how to and whom to use it on.
- Transfiguration: Taught by Professor McGonagall. Transfiguration is a branch of magic that focuses on the "transformation" or "alteration" of an object by completely changing it's structure. During this course students will learn the four branches of transfiguration: Transformation, Vanishment, Conjuration, and Untransfiguration. In the first weeks of class, students will have their first exam on simple transfigurations such as transfigurating a match to a needle. Students have found that this class is the most enjoyable at Hogwarts. But be careful with your transfigurations as sometimes it can lead to transforming your partners face or body into something else! Professor McGonagall is one of our most notable professors at Hogwarts, so make sure to focus and study well as she will help your success here at Hogwarts.
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