Post by Mike Meyer on Mar 22, 2007 23:51:18 GMT -5
Classes and teachers
Main articles: Hogwarts subjects and Hogwarts teachers
As Hogwarts is a school of magic, students are not taught ordinary subjects such as mathematics and English: in the case of some subjects, students are assumed to have been taught a basic level and are not expected to need any more; in the case of others, students simply never learn them. Before attending Hogwarts, most wizard-born children are home-educated by parents or others; muggle-borns or those in exceptional circumstances (such as Harry Potter) attend Muggle schools.
First and second year students all learn the same subjects:
• Herbology, taught by Professor Sprout as of book 6, which teaches students how to properly care for and understand magical plants.
• Potions, taught by Professor Snape through book 5, and by Professor Slughorn before and then again after, which teaches students the art of potion-making.
• Transfiguration, taught by Professor McGonagall as of book 6, which teaches students about changing the properties of objects.
• Charms, taught by Professor Flitwick as of book 6, which teaches students about those spells which do not "fundamentally alter the properties of the subject of the spell, but adds, or changes, properties": for example, making tea-cups dance [1].
• Defence Against the Dark Arts, which teaches students how to properly defend themselves against the Dark Arts, including Dark wizards and creatures, although the subject matter varies greatly from year to year. No teacher of this class has ever held this post for more than a year since 1957, due to Lord Voldemort jinxing the position when he applied for the job and was rejected.
• History of Magic, taught by the ghost of Professor Binns as of book 6, which teaches students about historical events in the wizarding world.
• Astronomy, taught by Professor Sinistra as of book 6, which teaches students about stars, planets, etc.
In addition to these, first year students take flying lessons, taught by Madam Hooch.
In their third year, students must choose at least two additional subjects to take. These can include:
• Muggle Studies, where students learn about Muggles (the wizarding term for non-magic people).
• Care of Magical Creatures, taught by Professor Hagrid starting in book 3, and is substituted by Professor Grubby-Plank in book 5, which teaches students all about magical creatures.
• Divination, taught by Professor Trelawney and the centaur Firenze as of book 6, which teaches students the methods of predicting future events.
• Ancient Runes, which teaches students about runic scripts.
• Arithmancy, taught by Professor Vector as of book 6, which teaches students about the magical properties of numbers.
Main articles: Hogwarts subjects and Hogwarts teachers
As Hogwarts is a school of magic, students are not taught ordinary subjects such as mathematics and English: in the case of some subjects, students are assumed to have been taught a basic level and are not expected to need any more; in the case of others, students simply never learn them. Before attending Hogwarts, most wizard-born children are home-educated by parents or others; muggle-borns or those in exceptional circumstances (such as Harry Potter) attend Muggle schools.
First and second year students all learn the same subjects:
• Herbology, taught by Professor Sprout as of book 6, which teaches students how to properly care for and understand magical plants.
• Potions, taught by Professor Snape through book 5, and by Professor Slughorn before and then again after, which teaches students the art of potion-making.
• Transfiguration, taught by Professor McGonagall as of book 6, which teaches students about changing the properties of objects.
• Charms, taught by Professor Flitwick as of book 6, which teaches students about those spells which do not "fundamentally alter the properties of the subject of the spell, but adds, or changes, properties": for example, making tea-cups dance [1].
• Defence Against the Dark Arts, which teaches students how to properly defend themselves against the Dark Arts, including Dark wizards and creatures, although the subject matter varies greatly from year to year. No teacher of this class has ever held this post for more than a year since 1957, due to Lord Voldemort jinxing the position when he applied for the job and was rejected.
• History of Magic, taught by the ghost of Professor Binns as of book 6, which teaches students about historical events in the wizarding world.
• Astronomy, taught by Professor Sinistra as of book 6, which teaches students about stars, planets, etc.
In addition to these, first year students take flying lessons, taught by Madam Hooch.
In their third year, students must choose at least two additional subjects to take. These can include:
• Muggle Studies, where students learn about Muggles (the wizarding term for non-magic people).
• Care of Magical Creatures, taught by Professor Hagrid starting in book 3, and is substituted by Professor Grubby-Plank in book 5, which teaches students all about magical creatures.
• Divination, taught by Professor Trelawney and the centaur Firenze as of book 6, which teaches students the methods of predicting future events.
• Ancient Runes, which teaches students about runic scripts.
• Arithmancy, taught by Professor Vector as of book 6, which teaches students about the magical properties of numbers.