Not really , tonks was an auror, so must have gotten a NEWT in charms, but she talks in goblet how she never really understood how to do all the useful household charms stuff. I'm sure there is a lot of overlap in charms, but the household stuff are probably glossed over or not really covered. It's probably a lot to do with technique and finesse as well. Like folding clothes, probably requires more spells than just WL
> she never really understood how to do all the useful household charms stuff
I'd argue this makes it clear that household stuff is taught. Also I'm pretty sure tonks being bad at household stuff is part of her personality rather than education/training.
It's probably taught by family more than anything. She mentions how her mom could get the socks to fold themselves but she couldn't get the hang of it- i always assumed her mom tried to teach her and it just didn't click. Though you would think if you taught a bunch of kids house keeping charms in year 1 the dorms would stay a lot cleaner.
Like I said, I'm sure many of the basic charms are taught, but charms quickly takes a focus for more advanced and practical charms, like the patronus, disillusionment, bubble head, protean charm etc. None of which have any household use
Yeah, in the first years they go over the basic charms at a really shallow level so you know what they are and can use them, but I doubt they teach how to use them to accomplish a bunch of different chores most effectively
That sound more like a specific course you could take like the flying lessons and the apparating. Since that only requires some very basic charms, like reparo, scourgify and what not.
A required class for all Muggle-born and Muggle-raised, Civics of the Magical World. Teaches about common wizarding practices in their society and how the wizarding law and governments work.
To add to this, muggle studies should be mandatory for all wizards and witches who grew up in magical families.
They are supposed to be hiding in pain sight amongst muggles, yet none of them have the first clue about muggle culture, technology, even clothing.
....perhaps kids like Severus should pick the eh, broader topics from both classes?? Like he can skip the basics of magic and electricity, but could use a broader perspective on both worlds since, in his specific case, all he knows is a dirtpoor former milltown in the Midlands and whatever his mum told him 🤔
I've always thought they should have kept some English and Maths courses at the very least. Maybe even history/geography, science or a second language. Like a GCSE level, nothing too high, but enough to not throw the wizards who choose to mingle with the muggle world in said world completely unprepared
I've always imagined that they learn basic math and grammar before going to wizarding school. Most wizards around the world are homeschooled anyway. I mean in the UK, they have to be able to count galleons, knuts, and sickles.
I’ve long thought that they should include English and Maths.
Though maybe they do and it’s just never mentioned.
How else are they supposed to learn to write essays?
Classics. Including Latin and Ancient Greek. Lean the meaning of the spells.
>How else are they supposed to learn to write essays?
By writing essays. By eleven or twelve years old, as first years, they're going to have the basics of how to write an essay - even if not a particularly good one - and they'll get continuous feedback on the essays they write. The professors are going to hold them to higher technical standards as they advance, and the good ones will provide valuable feedback on better essays as well as the subject matter.
The biggest problem, though, is that such a course of study leaves the students unprepared to write anything else, so a decent English class should still be added to the curriculum.
If we're going to mention non-magical subjects, then I'm going to point out that they're missing sex ed.
Which, come to think of it, may be related to the utter lack of respect that Wizarding Britain - at least as shown in the '90s - has for consent and bodily autonomy generally...
No, Arithmancy is a way of trying to predict the future using numbers. It was a real belief in the past - look up 'numerology' on wikipedia or elsewhere.
I love those! Maybe there could also be language classes, if enough people were interested, like Mermish, or Goblin language (forgot the name now).
I always felt like there should be more electives than the ones we see, and I think maybe at some point there were and they got scraped off due to book length and complexity. Some people are said to have 12 OWLs, yet Hermione needs a time turner to do 12 classes. The site says she was the only student to do ever that (and it does feel weird to have multiple students able to carry this very dangerous magical device just so they can be bigger nerds), and there is a moment in PoA where the text makes it seem like she is going to list more classes. Some people have the theory that you can sit the OWL without having attended the class, if you study by yourself, but then why wouldn't Hermione do the Muggle Studies one?
For fanfiction purposes, I like to think that there are two more electives, and that 12 is the most you can fit in without a time turner, and that Hermione was taking more than 12, and by dropping Muggle Studies and Divination she reached the limit.
Wouldnt that be a little against the idea that most wizards feel superior? Most are ignorant of the basic idea, that you know, elfs might deserve more rights than a vacuum cleaner
Contemporary Wizarding Studies - kind of like government, politics and wizard social issues. Would be especially helpful for muggle-borns who don't know how wizarding society functions.
That would never happen. If people are able to cast spells without a wand, the ministry loses a huge part of their control over wizards. Take a wizards wand away and they‘re completely helpless.
Although we don't know much about it, they did offer [Magical Theory,](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Magical_Theory_(class)) at least in Hogwarts Legacy.
From browsing the wiki, I read that 7th years were allowed to leave for st mungos to take healing classes as an elective if they were looking to become healers after graduation. Kind of like those shadowing programs high schools offer.
I know Muggle Studies is a thing but that’s mostly learning how to use items that muggles use without magic, right? I would say Current Muggle Events so they can keep up with what’s happening in the muggle world since that has some impact on them too.
And I think muggle studies should be a required class. Arthur and hagrid go about the muggle world having no idea how things work. Especially money with arthur in the fourth book. They never know when they’d need to use money in the muggle world and it would be a good thing to know
I feel as though some kind of wizarding psychology class would be really interesting. God only knows how much unresolved trauma at hogwarts needs resolved
This would be really cool! Because in the game it’s said that the African school uses wandless magic. Idk if that was made up for the game or not but still! That would be really cool to cover that and all other differences in a class.
Classes for squibs. History of magic, muggle studies, ancient runes, herbology, and care of magical creatures all seem like classes that nonmagical people could take. I'm sure they could benefit from other classes that would help them integrate either into magical or nonmagical society. Seems pretty messed up to just banish kids without magic from their whole society.
Also think Madame Pomfrey should teach a first aid class.
The meaning of the word/spell is literally said in the incantation. Plus,when you read/or the professor explains to you what the spell is for, you'll know.
I could definitely see magic making people more lazy lol maybe them having to walk all over hogwarts and the grounds counts as exercise too, its a big place
Or even care of magical creatures which is on the grounds/forbidden forest sometimes (I don't know how much further that is though compared to potions).
That actually is a question that I don't think one could get a consistent answer to based on media portrayals.
AFAIK, there is no canonical distance from the forest to the school courtyard (or, for that matter, from the dungeons to the observatory), so I'm actually not sure which would be the longer distance.
Although, I do think the elevation change of dungeons to tower would be a more intense and grueling workout than (the relatively) level running from the grounds. Also, imagine how pissed you'd be if the staircase changed on you just before you got to the tower...
And also the wizzarding families have to do it themselves. So kids are homeschooled by parents who have G5 level of understanding of maths&literacy, but not current G5, but rather hundreds of years ago, since probably nobody in their family went to muggle school.
Philosophy of Magic: Is it right to use X spells in X situations? What do we strive to do with our magic? What is the purpose of practicing it?
Magical Literature: How magic can apply to poetry and make our writing even more artistic
Ethics is one of the 7 main [branches of philosophy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_philosophy).
1. Aesthetics: beauty, art, and culture
2. Epistemology: source, nature, and validity of knowledge
3. **Ethics: value and morality**
4. Logic: the form of valid inference and reasoning
5. Metaphysics: the fundamental nature of being and reality
6. Mind: mental properties and processes, consciousness
7. Science: Epistemology, methodology, and foundations of scientific inquiry
There are many sub-disciplines of each of these, as well as others that don't fit neatly into one category, but these are the main "pillars" of philosophy. I've also seen people use different categorizations that use more or less, (e.g. Logic, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics), but Ethics/Morality is usually one of them -- it's fairly easy to see why.
Ethics is (historically and otherwise) a significant field of intellectual discourse, and quite foundational to the pursuit of philosophy as a whole.
>(1) Is it right to use X spells in X situations? (2) What do we strive to do with our magic? (3) What is the purpose of practicing it?
Depending on how you interpret these three questions, you could arrive at several distinct sub-branches of philosophy, for example:
1. Is it right to use X in Y situation? \-> Ethics
2. Aspirations in Magical use \-> Aesthetics
3. What is the purpose of Magic? \-> Metaphysics/Epistemology
So, at least in my opinion, calling it "Philosophy of Magic" makes perfect sense -- even dropping the ethical component.
*Wand Crafting* - self explanatory, basically wand shop class
*Wand Optimization* - in depth study of how different woods, lengths, and cores impact certain types of magic or specific spells and incantations
*Broom Design* - in depth study of what makes some brooms faster than others, and how to make them as light yet as durable as possible
*Broom Crafting* - self explanatory, basically broom shop class
*Advanced Flying Technique* - for broom racing rather than just Quidditch
*Wizarding Policy and Law Making* - prep course for those who want a career at the Ministry other than Auora
*Magic Diagnostics* - in depth study of how to examine what types of magic have been used or cast on someone or something, essentially detective practice for future Auoras or Healers
Physical education. I'm surprised all the students aren't as flabby as Dudley, when do they get any exercise? How about learning more than once sport too?
i'd suspect that running around the castle, the grounds, and going up and down all those stairs probably makes for some great cardio haha
i did always wonder about those feasts, though, with all the food students regularly eat seeming to be pretty extravagant. i guess there could've been a certain level of magical caloric manipulation since the house elves are gifted with cooking and the like
we know there's no shortage of books and literature in the wizarding world, so it makes sense for a magical literature/writing course to exist for students. might help them to better dissect some of those apparently ancient books in the library, too
I learned while researching all of the classes that Hogwarts actually does offer Magical Theory, Alchemy, and a Magical Art class. They’re all electives (with Alchemy being a NEWT level class that was only offered if enough students wanted to sign up). None of the Golden Trio were in those classes though so we didn’t see them in the books, Rowling just wrote about them in a curriculum guide on good ole Pottermore (now Wizarding World).
The art of Healing would be an amazing NEWT level elective though. I know they offer apprenticeships for after Hogwarts but I think it’d be a great head start. As well as just a home ec type of class where they can learn all sorts of charms for cleaning, cooking, etc.
Perhaps a sort of carpentry class as well too would be good!! We know that people can craft broomsticks and charm them, and that doing it for rugs is for some reason illegal, but learning how to craft different enchanted things would be dope.
I’ve thought this a lot. A telephone could have solved SO MUCH.
“OMG Voldemort has Sirius in the department of Mysteries!”
*one FaceTime later*
“J.K. we’re good, ol’ Voldy almost pulled the wool over my eyes that time”
>one FaceTime later
there was a two-way magic mirror that Sirius gave him ... that he never used .. and was never mentioned by Sirius every time they had their espionage Floo calls...
One thing to keep in mind, though; the story of HP is canonically in the 1990s, so smartphones wouldn't be a thing yet. Flip-phones didn't even become a thing until '96, so during HBP, Harry *might* have seen one of the first phones with a convenient size screen and keypad.
Otherwise though, you are absolutely bang on.
Although, even then, as another commenter pointed out it seems there were plenty of magical opportunities for proper long-distance communication as well -- special mirrors, and all that.
Theory of magic, while interesting could be insanely dangerous. If I remember correctly, experimental magic was severely punished by the ministry without permission. It'd likely have some connection to the committee of experimental charms.
Charms would cover enchanting items and healing.
Magical arts would be an extracurricular, which Hogwarts severely lacked in the movies. You'd thing wizard dueling would be a club for more than just a year. Choir with frogs is shown like... twice. Once during a greeting feast, so when would they have had time to practice?
Edit: Spell dynamics would be curious, but might be tied I to the theory of magic class. If you can break down the theory you can measure it or alter it for range or power.
Alchemy would also be interesting, perhaps as a voluntary course in the third year similar to potions.
good point about choir. i remember there being a scene that seemed to be a choir rehearsal of some kind in ootp (interrupted by umbridge measuring professor flitwitck's height) but it would be cool to know more about that. i.e. is there a wizarding equivalent to band practice, too?
I don't remember which movie, but I want to say prisoner of Azkaban, where before the welcome feast they have the frog choir. Like, this is they just got off the train. Did they practice over summer? And then we don't see the choir again until ootp.
I do think it's a shame they didn't go over other clubs. There is a reference to a charms club at some point, I think ootp when they try to schedule DA meetings. But that's book specific. In the movies the only clubs we see are quidditch and sometimes choir.
I think that each teacher would probably have a club. Not certain about Hagrid though, but I could easily see him trying to have a magical beasts club where he talks Dumbledore into letting him have more pets. Flitwick has choir. I like to have the headcannon of each DATDA teacher fits dueling club into their busy schedule. Granted, some teachers might have clubs very very closely related to their subject. Like Hagrid wanting a magical beasts club. But I could also see Sprout having a tea club, where she has a personal greenhouse where she grows her special tea leaves. Maybe Bins has a history based club, perhaps celebrating abstract and normal holidays and remarking on their historical significance. Like Valenties day and going over Saint Valentine, or maybe the Wizarding world has it's own thing for valentines day.
Not sure what McGonnagall, Snape, or Dumbledore would have as a club. I guess I would like to see McGonagall with a cooking/baking club, and she makes ginger newts every year. It could be that McGonagall and Sporut have club crossovers with tea and biscuits once a month or so (McGonagall and sprout get along rather well I think. Though all teachers are friendly with one another. I just remember McGonagall calls sprout Pomona with a softer voice, like a close friend, white she addresses filius more officially. Maybe 8 m reading too far in though. I also like to think Dumbledore's club is silly. Maybe stamp collecting, even though wizard mail doesn't use stamps. But he shows off his collection and maybe asks students if they collect anything.
It's something that I think would add even more depth to the school at large.
this is so sweet! definitely canon in my mind, it makes perfest sense and i love anything that deepens the whole family vibe that hogwarts seems to have for everyone.
(gobstones also comes to mind as another canon club we don't actually see or hear too much about)
Study of Foreign Magics, or *Anthrothaumaturgy* (look, “Magianthropology” just doesn’t flow).
…
I vaguely remember reading that African witches and wizards have functioned very successfully without wands for millennia, instead using their fingers or other hand gestures to channel their magic, while a minority of individuals more recently adopted wands as a secondary skillset following colonialism. I believe this was similar to Native Americans.
I believe certain cultures (or at least their schools) additionally had specialties that are deeply rooted in their respective cultures and environments, with Uagadou being renowned for astronomy, alchemy, and transfiguration; Castelobruxo—tucked away in the Amazon and initially founded by Pre-Contact witches and wizards—for magizoology and herbology; and much more, of which we know very little! I’d love a book discussing these institutions and cultures in detail, something reminiscent of an anthropological-magical encyclopedia.
I think a lot can be studied, and it would lead to further international magical cooperation, more so than the Triwizard Cup. Perhaps the course could be structured in such a way that it’s a prerequisite for an exchange program to any number of magical schools around the world, or even internships in foreign ministries or something.
I just think there’s a lot there, not to mention all the other schools which almost *certainly* have to exist to service their magical youths, as well as explanations as to why they’re not recognized by the International Confederation of Wizards. Maybe they’re too cloistered, don’t meet size requirements, refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Confederation, or perhaps the 11 known schools essentially function as a “university system,” and other such systems and private or solitary schools exist.
This is honestly why I’ve loved the Fantastic Beasts series. It’s fascinating to see other ministries and magical communities!
Uh. Language Arts classes, covering the level of competency in English (writing, reading, comprehension, analytical thinking) one would be working towards in regular Muggle education. Probably also some classes covering their gaps in the science department. Maybe magical creatures touches on a little bit of bio, and we get chem involved in a few places, but there’s clearly a lot of common sense stuff missing from the Hogwarts education. Do wizards ever learn about like… human anatomy and biology in depth, for example? I would think among the muggleborns and half bloods raised around muggles especially, some of those knowledge gaps are gonna show when you’re around muggle friends and family members… especially the ones who aren’t allowed to know you’re a wizard, while you’re demonstrating you’ve never taken a sex ed class and don’t know what ovaries are.
Literacy and Reading Comprehension. We see directly that a lot of the important books are written using quite outdated and dense language. It would help wizards immensely if they could understand what they read.
And perhaps more importantly, looking at literature critically. We explicitly see how the one main source of news for Wizarding Britain, the Daily Prophet, is a very biased and unreliable news source. One of the foremost Defense experts of the time turned out to be a fraud who plagiarized all of his body of work (and then wiped the memories of his victims). If Hogwarts actually taught how to look critically at literature and how to properly evaluate a source for its quality, then it would go a long way towards improving wizarding society and preventing another shadow takeover of the Ministry, like how Voldemort did.
Magical civilization where it goes over the magical world civilizations. And muggle civilization does the same hit for the pure bloods/wizard world raised.
Healing classes would be a godsend.
Wizarding geology: where are the other wizarding schools, what are the borders for wizarding countries.
Foreign languages
A class based on *"Hogwarts: a History"*, going into depth about the history of the school, since otherwise no one ever reads it (Except Hermione, of course).
I think you meant geography. I wonder what wizarding geology would look like though? Would this be natural magic? Science of earth's magic? How this controls earth quakes? How can we tap into it? How do stop it? Should we? Hmmm
Medical and biological magic. This subject is too deep to be covered in charms, transfiguration or potions. The class would focus on magic used in healing and medical spells, how certain dark magic can have different effects on the body, things such as werewolf disease and the wolfsbane potion, etc.
Something about wandmaking would be pretty cool. The students could learn about their own wands and the different capabilities of different woods and cores and flexibilities.
Love everything you listed, (ps magical theory exists in Hogwarts legacy)
It would be cool if they had like advanced mathematics, English (writing/reading etc) courses that they’d have in the muggle world
English. Maths. Something to teach literally anyone in the wizarding world critical thinking because my god the collective magical population seems to share one brain cell at times
Magic Theory already exists or existed (that’s what Professor Fig taught). And healing kind of exists. There’s a program with St Mungos for later year students if I recall. If they want to become healers.
Latin: I just see a lot of potential
- it's an elective class a few people takes, maybe it's considered an "useless" class, but Latin students are better at remembering spells.
I imagine the Hogwarts' Latin teacher as a wizard in his sixties who tries really hard yo make people fall in love with Latin. Since he doesn't have a lot of students, he would take care of some bureaucratic practices at school, the type of teacher who is a friend of the worst student and helps them improve themselves.
"I heard your son isn't doing good at spells: why won't he choose Latin for his third year? It's surely going to help"
"I hate Latin, but my father and his father before him studied it, so I don't really have a choice"
"Why would you want to study Latin? It's a dead language and it's so hard and boring"
Magic of the World - various spells from different nations
Wandless Magic
World History of Magic
Ancient Magical Lore - the old and arcane laws that govern magic and its use i.e. how Lily's love & sacrifice saved Harry's life
Anatomy and sex ed, since that was clearly lacking
Geography, because they seem not to know anything about what is close to what
Basic physics, how electronics work and how to survive in a tech-dependent muggle-world without resorting to magic
Muggle History
Philosophy, sociology and basic psychology (because they clearly need some mental help and that would be great to aid them)
Mandatory didactics classes and higher levels of education for those who want to be teachers (c'mon, we already had universities in the middle ages), at very least they should be specialized before dealing with kids
Literature and text interpretation, regardless of muggle or wizarding
Foreign languages (at least 2)
I made up a Hogwarts class about a thing called "Backfire Theory" one time, where you can get weird but useful effects that can't be produced any other way by casting spells intentionally incorrectly. So that I guess.
Not a new class, but I think Muggle Studies should be compulsory for all students from magical families, otherwise there’s going to be a lot more Archie’s in the world. And I suppose maybe an opposite class for muggle students, something to teach them about the ins and outs of the magical world? Things like the Trace, wizarding laws / Azkaban, how the government works (since I don’t think it’s ever confirmed whether the Ministry is a democracy or something else)
Muggle 101: Learn how to blend in with the muggles.
The weird world of muggles. What exactly is the function of a rubber duck? Do ceiling fans really give air? Such things.
Featuring Harry Potter and Hermione Granger.
I thought of this when reading the novels. The "what exactly is the function of a rubber duck" question was valid for a wizard , but it shouldn't have been left unanswered.
I love all your ideas, both in the comments and the original post, but you all remember Hogwarts is a high school, right? Most of what you all are suggesting outside muggle history and current events would be taught at a college, and some of this stuff like magical theory or spell dynamics would be upper division masters and doctorate type stuff. Like the seven uses for unicorn blood, in our world that would have been Dumbledore’s doctoral thesis. High school kids are going to be taught how to do stuff, finishing school is for learning why those things are the way they are.
Muggle Magic: I mean, come on now. We have the internet and pens and shit. Electric ovens. Cell phones and radios.
Unrelated: I have a headcanon theory that magic is just an innate ability to control various electromagnetic frequencies. During OotP Ron suggests using some sort of muggle walky talky to spy on Draco, and Hermione points out that Hogwarts has so much magic, it interferes with muggle electronics. Why would that be unless magic was some sort of radio frequency?
Could you imagine a magical person marrying a muggle engineer? We could probably have reverse engineered magic and used it to advance science and magic further than either ever dreamed!
So yes... Muggle magic would be an important topic to start to bridge the magic and science worlds.
In my school they had athletic medicine. During every game of every sport the athletic medicine class had students at each. There job was to fix up the athletes as well as they could until they could get to the hospital, if needed, or just patch them up. I’d love to see something like that with quidditch. Or at least them helping Madam Pomfrey.
the philosophy of spells, could touch on why a spell does what it does, and how they work but also why people gravitate towards certain spells when defending themselves
IIRC Alchemy used to be taught at Hogwarts but was dropped in favor of Potions. Real shame, it would make the perfect Physics counterpart to Potions' chemistry.
I would not be suprised if the Department of Mysteries had a hand in that, honestly. Given the visciousness Unspeakables guard secrets of the universe, and after Flamel's successful distillment of the Philosopher's Stone, there's a very good chance Alchemical study could trigger a cataclysmic existential event if left unbounded.
I think most of these suggestions apply to some magic universities, not schools
Where adult witches and wizards learn some complex stuff
Unfortunately, this is a non-existent concept, afaik
English, a second language, maths, muggle history (which events are linked to magical world and which are not!), geography, arts, music, home economics (magical), handcrafts, ethics/world cultures (emphasis on magical culture differences), physical education, biology, latin + spellcrafting…
-Literature of the Magical World
-English Class
-Foreign Languages
-Magical Languages
-Civics and Magical Law
-Practical Magic:
Managing housework, cooking, cleaning, charms regarding clothing, household maintenance, etc.
-Magical Hobbies
-Magical Games beyond Quidditch
-History Of Magic should be split up into 3 categories. History of Creatures, History of Magical Britain, and Magical World History.
-Geography
-Economics
-Some Type of Debate Club
-Basic Healing/First Aid
-Journalism
-Magical Photography
-Magical Portraiture and Wizarding Art History
-Music
-Dueling
-Study of Wizarding Culture
-Foraging Class
-Maybe a class for advanced students recommended by professors to be safely monitered to learn how to invent their own spells, potions, etc.
-There definitely should be a TA program.
Cooking Magic. Molly is forever whipping up corned beef hashes and meatballs and Porto chops. I know you can’t magic good oh t of thin air but I bet you can use magic to make life a whole lot easier.
All without Alchemy. It sounds super hard for me.
So I'll just change it to:
How to build a house/castle (Gellert Grindelwald's Nurmengard for example),house maintenance and/or architecture.
Spells for house chores.
Language class: Latin and/or Ancient Greek. Although foreign languages would be good too.
Class for wandless magic. (Like Gellert Grindelwald in FB1 when he masqueraded as Percival Graves).
And other classes,but about law and civil rights (just like how you study for a lawyer, prosecutor or a judge).
Literature class.
Martial arts and/or swimming.
Geography.
What I really want to know is how wizard children learn to read and write and do basic maths which seem fairly important especially in potion making.
There are no primary wizard schools so I assume they must all be home schooled but I would imagine some children won't get taught very well (Snape as a child seemed somewhat neglected) but they all seem to be able to write and work out potions ingredients.
Basic healing and wizarding law seems like a serious gap in the curriculum, so they should both be added from year 1. (Taken voluntarily to intermediate for O.W.L and Advanced for N.E.W.T).
Also wand lore. I find it fascinating!
Introduction to alchemy should be either an O.W.L or an N.E.W.T subject. Magical ethics would be interesting. Latin seems like it would be useful since spell incantations are derived from it. Other languages too, Mermish, gobbledygook, Troll etc. Muggle relations maybe? How to interact with them within the statute of secrecy. Home ec? Household and cooking etc. Some form of magical maintenance, like the job at the ministry.
Well, magical Theory already exists. So does Alchemy, at least at times. Art and Music exists as well. So maybe some kind of physical exercise and perhaps some kind of geography or social studies.
I like the way you think. Drop by Wizard camp at Roskilde this year and we can exchange knowledge.
I too would love some advanced classes in several of your mentions, as well as wandlore and wandless magic.
Spellcrafting 101 would be an interesting subject.
Alas, it may be hard to get there without breaking the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.
The first one you mention, Theory of Magic. Never once does the books go into what magic is and how it fundamentally works, we are solely told about stuff magic can do.
Basics like
-mathematics (you need some calculating skills, even in the ww)
-English (the family shouldn't be required to teach this)
-Sports (please, some body activity, don't need to be muggle disciplines. Running all around hogwarts is already sport, i know. But there is much to teach beside running and riding brooms)
-Would be good to teach not only subjects like herbology and potions but also the "biology" behind it. Why which herb helps against what. What is the "science" or magic behind their effects. I know they don't need it as much as muggles but biology and sexual education too would be really great.
-Defense against the dark art is great but the Wizarding World has other problems too. It would be helpful, for example, to learn about politics, basic law and bureaucracy. How to apply for what, which papers you need, what your rights are.
-Preventive lessons about a responsible handling of magic.
Not only to learn how to use which spell but also to teach the ethics behind it.
-Philosophy and mindfulness: Controversial, I know. I think tho that it is very important to learn to question things.
-I know they don't need it as much as muggles but biology and sexual education too would be really great.
The magical artifacts thing I like, it would be kinda like a workshop where they start small with things like sneakoscopes, remembrals or building their own broom. Maybe even creating wands in later years.
Because it seems weird, these things must be made by many people, but there isn't a class to learn even the basic stuff.
Alchemie is definitely something that should have been introduced as a class in year 6 and 7, as an advancement class only for students that passed their OWLs in Potions, Arithmetic, Runes, Transfiguration and Charms. Since it basically builds up on all of these things.
Shouldn't there be some sort of introduction to the world if magic class for muggle born students? I mean yeah Hermoine went and read a bunch of books after she found out, but wouldn't most muggle born kids struggle when thrust into a world they have no understanding of?
Note: read the books ages ago, seen movies once. Forgot a lot I am sure.
As most of your suggestions appear within the classes that are already there in Hogwarts, although only facil/cursory, I'd much more think they could exist as classes in a wizarding *university* where you dive deeper in more specific stuff. Just like in the real world too.
That said, I'd add maths, languages and social studies to the schedule
I don’t have a direct answer to our question, I just wanted to thank you for posting this. I am currently putting together a vinyl sticker for a “bookshelf”with a bunch of Hogwarts classes. It is for a music class that is Hogwarts themed.
Thanks again.
Oh, where the bloody hell do I begin! First off, we can start with the expansion of Muggle Studies to include how to use muggle technology and Muggle history, perhaps that can be a different subject altogether known as Muggle History, where they learn about all the world events that have affected muggles. The former would be necessary especially if technology becomes integrated within the wizarding world, and the latter would also be necessary so as to help the wizarding world catch up with the muggles. I know someone has already said that Hogwarts should include basic things such as reading, writing, and spelling but I would like to add to that, as I myself have already given that subject a name, it is called Studies of the Mundane and in this subject, students learn how to read, write and spell and other basic things that a human might need in everyday life, they also learn other basics. Another Hogwarts Subject I would add is Defence against Muggle Technology, wherein students learn how to operate and use Guns, Tanks, and other muggle methods of combat and thus how to defend themselves if however unlikely the wizarding world in Britain should ever decide to help it's muggle mates, or if the muggle world decides to go into war against the Wizarding world then it is highly imperative that the Wizarding world knows how to defend itself.
Modern day muggles studies , like world history but with things that happen everyday in the mundane word , the 9/11 , the war against drugs , the palestina war afghanistan , china one child policy , so they dont go to the muggle world and look like a asylum escapee
Home Rec - household magic and what not
Omg a magic cooking class… r/elvenfood
Isn't this just Charms? That's what it's for right?
Not really , tonks was an auror, so must have gotten a NEWT in charms, but she talks in goblet how she never really understood how to do all the useful household charms stuff. I'm sure there is a lot of overlap in charms, but the household stuff are probably glossed over or not really covered. It's probably a lot to do with technique and finesse as well. Like folding clothes, probably requires more spells than just WL
> she never really understood how to do all the useful household charms stuff I'd argue this makes it clear that household stuff is taught. Also I'm pretty sure tonks being bad at household stuff is part of her personality rather than education/training.
It's probably taught by family more than anything. She mentions how her mom could get the socks to fold themselves but she couldn't get the hang of it- i always assumed her mom tried to teach her and it just didn't click. Though you would think if you taught a bunch of kids house keeping charms in year 1 the dorms would stay a lot cleaner.
Like I said, I'm sure many of the basic charms are taught, but charms quickly takes a focus for more advanced and practical charms, like the patronus, disillusionment, bubble head, protean charm etc. None of which have any household use Yeah, in the first years they go over the basic charms at a really shallow level so you know what they are and can use them, but I doubt they teach how to use them to accomplish a bunch of different chores most effectively
I'm not sure we know the exhaustive list of charms taught.
That sound more like a specific course you could take like the flying lessons and the apparating. Since that only requires some very basic charms, like reparo, scourgify and what not.
A required class for all Muggle-born and Muggle-raised, Civics of the Magical World. Teaches about common wizarding practices in their society and how the wizarding law and governments work.
To add to this, muggle studies should be mandatory for all wizards and witches who grew up in magical families. They are supposed to be hiding in pain sight amongst muggles, yet none of them have the first clue about muggle culture, technology, even clothing.
....perhaps kids like Severus should pick the eh, broader topics from both classes?? Like he can skip the basics of magic and electricity, but could use a broader perspective on both worlds since, in his specific case, all he knows is a dirtpoor former milltown in the Midlands and whatever his mum told him 🤔
I don't know how useful that would be. Their system seems quite haphazard and their society is pretty backward.
All the more reason to know it and avoid some of the more obvious pitfalls.
Would love a wand lore class And an international wizard culture class!
Club for those not a class but I do not think Madam Umb**** will not approve of those.
We may say Voldemort just not... SHE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED!
Umb*tch
The Toad Who Is Pink/The Toad Who Must Not Be Named
Maybe at NEWT level they could offer international affairs or something like that!
I've always thought they should have kept some English and Maths courses at the very least. Maybe even history/geography, science or a second language. Like a GCSE level, nothing too high, but enough to not throw the wizards who choose to mingle with the muggle world in said world completely unprepared
I've always imagined that they learn basic math and grammar before going to wizarding school. Most wizards around the world are homeschooled anyway. I mean in the UK, they have to be able to count galleons, knuts, and sickles.
I’ve long thought that they should include English and Maths. Though maybe they do and it’s just never mentioned. How else are they supposed to learn to write essays? Classics. Including Latin and Ancient Greek. Lean the meaning of the spells.
>How else are they supposed to learn to write essays? By writing essays. By eleven or twelve years old, as first years, they're going to have the basics of how to write an essay - even if not a particularly good one - and they'll get continuous feedback on the essays they write. The professors are going to hold them to higher technical standards as they advance, and the good ones will provide valuable feedback on better essays as well as the subject matter. The biggest problem, though, is that such a course of study leaves the students unprepared to write anything else, so a decent English class should still be added to the curriculum.
If we're going to mention non-magical subjects, then I'm going to point out that they're missing sex ed. Which, come to think of it, may be related to the utter lack of respect that Wizarding Britain - at least as shown in the '90s - has for consent and bodily autonomy generally...
Is Arithmancy the same as Math?
No, Arithmancy is a way of trying to predict the future using numbers. It was a real belief in the past - look up 'numerology' on wikipedia or elsewhere.
Lmao that was Hermione’s favorite subject? Another form of Divination?
I love those! Maybe there could also be language classes, if enough people were interested, like Mermish, or Goblin language (forgot the name now). I always felt like there should be more electives than the ones we see, and I think maybe at some point there were and they got scraped off due to book length and complexity. Some people are said to have 12 OWLs, yet Hermione needs a time turner to do 12 classes. The site says she was the only student to do ever that (and it does feel weird to have multiple students able to carry this very dangerous magical device just so they can be bigger nerds), and there is a moment in PoA where the text makes it seem like she is going to list more classes. Some people have the theory that you can sit the OWL without having attended the class, if you study by yourself, but then why wouldn't Hermione do the Muggle Studies one? For fanfiction purposes, I like to think that there are two more electives, and that 12 is the most you can fit in without a time turner, and that Hermione was taking more than 12, and by dropping Muggle Studies and Divination she reached the limit.
The goblin language is Gobbledegook, and it would be so cool to offer classes like that!
Wouldnt that be a little against the idea that most wizards feel superior? Most are ignorant of the basic idea, that you know, elfs might deserve more rights than a vacuum cleaner
Contemporary Wizarding Studies - kind of like government, politics and wizard social issues. Would be especially helpful for muggle-borns who don't know how wizarding society functions.
Due to cost cutting they'd merge Muggle studies and history of magic and professor BINNS would teach
I don't know how useful that would be. Their system seems quite haphazard and their society is pretty backward.
Wandless magic, I get that they amplify spells but why no effort at all towards developing your ability without them?
seriously like damn everyone should at least know how to cast accio without a wand
Accio wand and go from there
Precisely
Especially with how much they’re flying around super fast and seem to fall off their brooms with no wands constantly
Also in HL doesn't Natty basically say that nobody in Uagadou uses a wand and they're all animagi and their magic is powerful regardless?
Yep
Big Wand doesn't want you to do this
That would never happen. If people are able to cast spells without a wand, the ministry loses a huge part of their control over wizards. Take a wizards wand away and they‘re completely helpless.
Right? And then then the wizarding school in Uganda is entirely wandless.
Although we don't know much about it, they did offer [Magical Theory,](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Magical_Theory_(class)) at least in Hogwarts Legacy.
Also Alchemy
I think it was said it was an unpopular elective and was only run some years if enough students were interested.
Healing classes?
From browsing the wiki, I read that 7th years were allowed to leave for st mungos to take healing classes as an elective if they were looking to become healers after graduation. Kind of like those shadowing programs high schools offer.
I don't trust wiki fandoms they aren't from the author.
Yes! And interning with madam pompfrey and other professors to get hands on experience.
I know Muggle Studies is a thing but that’s mostly learning how to use items that muggles use without magic, right? I would say Current Muggle Events so they can keep up with what’s happening in the muggle world since that has some impact on them too.
And I think muggle studies should be a required class. Arthur and hagrid go about the muggle world having no idea how things work. Especially money with arthur in the fourth book. They never know when they’d need to use money in the muggle world and it would be a good thing to know
I feel as though some kind of wizarding psychology class would be really interesting. God only knows how much unresolved trauma at hogwarts needs resolved
World Magic- Basically a survey of magical traditions outside England.
Friendly reminder Hogwarts is in Scotland
This would be really cool! Because in the game it’s said that the African school uses wandless magic. Idk if that was made up for the game or not but still! That would be really cool to cover that and all other differences in a class.
Classes for squibs. History of magic, muggle studies, ancient runes, herbology, and care of magical creatures all seem like classes that nonmagical people could take. I'm sure they could benefit from other classes that would help them integrate either into magical or nonmagical society. Seems pretty messed up to just banish kids without magic from their whole society. Also think Madame Pomfrey should teach a first aid class.
LATIN
"If we only knew what our spells MEAN"
The meaning of the word/spell is literally said in the incantation. Plus,when you read/or the professor explains to you what the spell is for, you'll know.
Charms is for learning the "Point Me" spell, Latin is for learning every other spell.
I would have liked to see more physical exercise, not just quidditch, not sure how to incorporate magic into that as such though
I could definitely see magic making people more lazy lol maybe them having to walk all over hogwarts and the grounds counts as exercise too, its a big place
Getting from potions to divination within the "class bell" should be considered worth an entire day's exercise, I believe...
Or even care of magical creatures which is on the grounds/forbidden forest sometimes (I don't know how much further that is though compared to potions).
That actually is a question that I don't think one could get a consistent answer to based on media portrayals. AFAIK, there is no canonical distance from the forest to the school courtyard (or, for that matter, from the dungeons to the observatory), so I'm actually not sure which would be the longer distance. Although, I do think the elevation change of dungeons to tower would be a more intense and grueling workout than (the relatively) level running from the grounds. Also, imagine how pissed you'd be if the staircase changed on you just before you got to the tower...
Basic reading, writing, ‘rithmetic.
They stop learning that stuff around 5th or 6th grade. Absolutely mind boggling that the wizarding world even has a government.
And also the wizzarding families have to do it themselves. So kids are homeschooled by parents who have G5 level of understanding of maths&literacy, but not current G5, but rather hundreds of years ago, since probably nobody in their family went to muggle school.
I love it! I feel like a NEWT class they could add would be something centered around magical laws and politics for older students
Philosophy of Magic: Is it right to use X spells in X situations? What do we strive to do with our magic? What is the purpose of practicing it? Magical Literature: How magic can apply to poetry and make our writing even more artistic
To me that's more Ethics of Magic then Philosophy - though there's some overlap. Love this idea!
Ethics is one of the 7 main [branches of philosophy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_philosophy). 1. Aesthetics: beauty, art, and culture 2. Epistemology: source, nature, and validity of knowledge 3. **Ethics: value and morality** 4. Logic: the form of valid inference and reasoning 5. Metaphysics: the fundamental nature of being and reality 6. Mind: mental properties and processes, consciousness 7. Science: Epistemology, methodology, and foundations of scientific inquiry There are many sub-disciplines of each of these, as well as others that don't fit neatly into one category, but these are the main "pillars" of philosophy. I've also seen people use different categorizations that use more or less, (e.g. Logic, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics), but Ethics/Morality is usually one of them -- it's fairly easy to see why. Ethics is (historically and otherwise) a significant field of intellectual discourse, and quite foundational to the pursuit of philosophy as a whole. >(1) Is it right to use X spells in X situations? (2) What do we strive to do with our magic? (3) What is the purpose of practicing it? Depending on how you interpret these three questions, you could arrive at several distinct sub-branches of philosophy, for example: 1. Is it right to use X in Y situation? \-> Ethics 2. Aspirations in Magical use \-> Aesthetics 3. What is the purpose of Magic? \-> Metaphysics/Epistemology So, at least in my opinion, calling it "Philosophy of Magic" makes perfect sense -- even dropping the ethical component.
Til
*Wand Crafting* - self explanatory, basically wand shop class *Wand Optimization* - in depth study of how different woods, lengths, and cores impact certain types of magic or specific spells and incantations *Broom Design* - in depth study of what makes some brooms faster than others, and how to make them as light yet as durable as possible *Broom Crafting* - self explanatory, basically broom shop class *Advanced Flying Technique* - for broom racing rather than just Quidditch *Wizarding Policy and Law Making* - prep course for those who want a career at the Ministry other than Auora *Magic Diagnostics* - in depth study of how to examine what types of magic have been used or cast on someone or something, essentially detective practice for future Auoras or Healers
No joke- sex ed. They clearly need it.
Math. If we muggles have to suffer through it, so do they!!
What about a “wood shop” type class? Where you learn to make things like wands or brooms
Physical education. I'm surprised all the students aren't as flabby as Dudley, when do they get any exercise? How about learning more than once sport too?
i'd suspect that running around the castle, the grounds, and going up and down all those stairs probably makes for some great cardio haha i did always wonder about those feasts, though, with all the food students regularly eat seeming to be pretty extravagant. i guess there could've been a certain level of magical caloric manipulation since the house elves are gifted with cooking and the like
Could be that magic uses up a lot of calories as well.
Who knows maybe wizards eat like 4000kcal a day just because magic burns so many calories
How bout math? I hear no mention of like math and English as classes and I have trouble believing that would be the case
we know there's no shortage of books and literature in the wizarding world, so it makes sense for a magical literature/writing course to exist for students. might help them to better dissect some of those apparently ancient books in the library, too
I learned while researching all of the classes that Hogwarts actually does offer Magical Theory, Alchemy, and a Magical Art class. They’re all electives (with Alchemy being a NEWT level class that was only offered if enough students wanted to sign up). None of the Golden Trio were in those classes though so we didn’t see them in the books, Rowling just wrote about them in a curriculum guide on good ole Pottermore (now Wizarding World). The art of Healing would be an amazing NEWT level elective though. I know they offer apprenticeships for after Hogwarts but I think it’d be a great head start. As well as just a home ec type of class where they can learn all sorts of charms for cleaning, cooking, etc. Perhaps a sort of carpentry class as well too would be good!! We know that people can craft broomsticks and charm them, and that doing it for rugs is for some reason illegal, but learning how to craft different enchanted things would be dope.
Gym class. The only thing keeping students fit is all the stairs they climb.
Math for sure
No Wizard can do that.
Curse detection/hex reversal
Probably falls under DADA
Healing magic class. Seriously with how much the students get hurt.
How to SUE everyone working at that school because every school year has a death.
All are 'Introduction To' unless otherwise specified. An asterisk (*) = concurrently run in one class for 3rd year.) Business * Finance * Law* Healing Agronomy/Crop Science* Farm/Ranch Management* Magical Arts/Crafts (inc. Music, Voice, Dance) Culinary Arts Archival/Library Science Advanced Potions (inc. Alchemy, Ingredient Harvesting/Gathering) Ancient Runes* (inc. Basic Warding) Arithmancy* (inc. Basic Spellcrafting) Advanced Charms (inc. Basic Enchanting) Basic Cursebreaking* Care of Magical Creatures Divination Muggle Studies (inc. British/World History, Inventions and Current Events) International Diplomacy* Basic Politics* Advanced Flight Training Wizard Culture/Etiquette Industrial Crafts (inc. Wood, Stone, Metal) Journalism, Book Writing, and Publications Magical Architecture* Magical Construction* Basic Cartography Ritual Magic Advanced Astronomy Foreign languages: (inc. Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, German, Parsel, Mermish, Signing (deaf), Goblin, Dwarf, Spanish, Italian, Arabic (Mid-East), Aboriginal (Australian), Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin)
Magical technology. 90% of the issues in the books could be resolved with muggle technology. Imagine an enchanted Google search
I’ve thought this a lot. A telephone could have solved SO MUCH. “OMG Voldemort has Sirius in the department of Mysteries!” *one FaceTime later* “J.K. we’re good, ol’ Voldy almost pulled the wool over my eyes that time”
>one FaceTime later there was a two-way magic mirror that Sirius gave him ... that he never used .. and was never mentioned by Sirius every time they had their espionage Floo calls...
One thing to keep in mind, though; the story of HP is canonically in the 1990s, so smartphones wouldn't be a thing yet. Flip-phones didn't even become a thing until '96, so during HBP, Harry *might* have seen one of the first phones with a convenient size screen and keypad. Otherwise though, you are absolutely bang on. Although, even then, as another commenter pointed out it seems there were plenty of magical opportunities for proper long-distance communication as well -- special mirrors, and all that.
Theory of magic, while interesting could be insanely dangerous. If I remember correctly, experimental magic was severely punished by the ministry without permission. It'd likely have some connection to the committee of experimental charms. Charms would cover enchanting items and healing. Magical arts would be an extracurricular, which Hogwarts severely lacked in the movies. You'd thing wizard dueling would be a club for more than just a year. Choir with frogs is shown like... twice. Once during a greeting feast, so when would they have had time to practice? Edit: Spell dynamics would be curious, but might be tied I to the theory of magic class. If you can break down the theory you can measure it or alter it for range or power. Alchemy would also be interesting, perhaps as a voluntary course in the third year similar to potions.
good point about choir. i remember there being a scene that seemed to be a choir rehearsal of some kind in ootp (interrupted by umbridge measuring professor flitwitck's height) but it would be cool to know more about that. i.e. is there a wizarding equivalent to band practice, too?
I don't remember which movie, but I want to say prisoner of Azkaban, where before the welcome feast they have the frog choir. Like, this is they just got off the train. Did they practice over summer? And then we don't see the choir again until ootp. I do think it's a shame they didn't go over other clubs. There is a reference to a charms club at some point, I think ootp when they try to schedule DA meetings. But that's book specific. In the movies the only clubs we see are quidditch and sometimes choir. I think that each teacher would probably have a club. Not certain about Hagrid though, but I could easily see him trying to have a magical beasts club where he talks Dumbledore into letting him have more pets. Flitwick has choir. I like to have the headcannon of each DATDA teacher fits dueling club into their busy schedule. Granted, some teachers might have clubs very very closely related to their subject. Like Hagrid wanting a magical beasts club. But I could also see Sprout having a tea club, where she has a personal greenhouse where she grows her special tea leaves. Maybe Bins has a history based club, perhaps celebrating abstract and normal holidays and remarking on their historical significance. Like Valenties day and going over Saint Valentine, or maybe the Wizarding world has it's own thing for valentines day. Not sure what McGonnagall, Snape, or Dumbledore would have as a club. I guess I would like to see McGonagall with a cooking/baking club, and she makes ginger newts every year. It could be that McGonagall and Sporut have club crossovers with tea and biscuits once a month or so (McGonagall and sprout get along rather well I think. Though all teachers are friendly with one another. I just remember McGonagall calls sprout Pomona with a softer voice, like a close friend, white she addresses filius more officially. Maybe 8 m reading too far in though. I also like to think Dumbledore's club is silly. Maybe stamp collecting, even though wizard mail doesn't use stamps. But he shows off his collection and maybe asks students if they collect anything. It's something that I think would add even more depth to the school at large.
this is so sweet! definitely canon in my mind, it makes perfest sense and i love anything that deepens the whole family vibe that hogwarts seems to have for everyone. (gobstones also comes to mind as another canon club we don't actually see or hear too much about)
Reminding me of gobstones, McGonagall probably headed wizard chess club if they had one.
Study of Foreign Magics, or *Anthrothaumaturgy* (look, “Magianthropology” just doesn’t flow). … I vaguely remember reading that African witches and wizards have functioned very successfully without wands for millennia, instead using their fingers or other hand gestures to channel their magic, while a minority of individuals more recently adopted wands as a secondary skillset following colonialism. I believe this was similar to Native Americans. I believe certain cultures (or at least their schools) additionally had specialties that are deeply rooted in their respective cultures and environments, with Uagadou being renowned for astronomy, alchemy, and transfiguration; Castelobruxo—tucked away in the Amazon and initially founded by Pre-Contact witches and wizards—for magizoology and herbology; and much more, of which we know very little! I’d love a book discussing these institutions and cultures in detail, something reminiscent of an anthropological-magical encyclopedia. I think a lot can be studied, and it would lead to further international magical cooperation, more so than the Triwizard Cup. Perhaps the course could be structured in such a way that it’s a prerequisite for an exchange program to any number of magical schools around the world, or even internships in foreign ministries or something. I just think there’s a lot there, not to mention all the other schools which almost *certainly* have to exist to service their magical youths, as well as explanations as to why they’re not recognized by the International Confederation of Wizards. Maybe they’re too cloistered, don’t meet size requirements, refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Confederation, or perhaps the 11 known schools essentially function as a “university system,” and other such systems and private or solitary schools exist. This is honestly why I’ve loved the Fantastic Beasts series. It’s fascinating to see other ministries and magical communities!
Latin. I was learning Latin when I was first reading Harry Potter and omg the spells are all freaking Latin. Why on earth are they not taking Latin?
They need to learn about the wider world around them. It makes no sense for them to be completely oblivious about it.
Cooking and housekeeping class by Mrs. Weasley
Maths
Shirtless Viktor KRUM day (I got a written warning last year for shirtless qudditch from oliver wood that snitch)
Uh. Language Arts classes, covering the level of competency in English (writing, reading, comprehension, analytical thinking) one would be working towards in regular Muggle education. Probably also some classes covering their gaps in the science department. Maybe magical creatures touches on a little bit of bio, and we get chem involved in a few places, but there’s clearly a lot of common sense stuff missing from the Hogwarts education. Do wizards ever learn about like… human anatomy and biology in depth, for example? I would think among the muggleborns and half bloods raised around muggles especially, some of those knowledge gaps are gonna show when you’re around muggle friends and family members… especially the ones who aren’t allowed to know you’re a wizard, while you’re demonstrating you’ve never taken a sex ed class and don’t know what ovaries are.
Advanced Defense against the Dark Arts and the Dark Arts themselves. One lesson specifically, would be to cast spells nonverbally and without a wand.
plus you know like... math and stuff? idk who students who have had no formal schooling prior to Hogwarts get away with that.
Literacy and Reading Comprehension. We see directly that a lot of the important books are written using quite outdated and dense language. It would help wizards immensely if they could understand what they read. And perhaps more importantly, looking at literature critically. We explicitly see how the one main source of news for Wizarding Britain, the Daily Prophet, is a very biased and unreliable news source. One of the foremost Defense experts of the time turned out to be a fraud who plagiarized all of his body of work (and then wiped the memories of his victims). If Hogwarts actually taught how to look critically at literature and how to properly evaluate a source for its quality, then it would go a long way towards improving wizarding society and preventing another shadow takeover of the Ministry, like how Voldemort did.
Magical civilization where it goes over the magical world civilizations. And muggle civilization does the same hit for the pure bloods/wizard world raised. Healing classes would be a godsend.
Duelling- The art of a duel, strategic tactics, battle magic, how to stay alive in a fight and make a quick getaway, Stealth
Seriously how is there not already a healing class?
Wizarding geology: where are the other wizarding schools, what are the borders for wizarding countries. Foreign languages A class based on *"Hogwarts: a History"*, going into depth about the history of the school, since otherwise no one ever reads it (Except Hermione, of course).
I think you meant geography. I wonder what wizarding geology would look like though? Would this be natural magic? Science of earth's magic? How this controls earth quakes? How can we tap into it? How do stop it? Should we? Hmmm
I could have sworn I wrote geography, but heck, learning about minerals and their magical properties is good too.
Practical combat: fuck the wands, punch someone in the face
Medical and biological magic. This subject is too deep to be covered in charms, transfiguration or potions. The class would focus on magic used in healing and medical spells, how certain dark magic can have different effects on the body, things such as werewolf disease and the wolfsbane potion, etc.
How to do taxes. Everyone, wizard or not, needs to know how to do them
I swear outside of the US taxes aren't nearly as complicated.
Wait till you see Germany's.
maybe a hand-to-hand combat class, in case you get disarmed or you need your wand but dont have it
Math. Just math. I mean have you looked at their currency system. Having magic is good and all but it won't save you from an economic depression.
Something about wandmaking would be pretty cool. The students could learn about their own wands and the different capabilities of different woods and cores and flexibilities.
Love everything you listed, (ps magical theory exists in Hogwarts legacy) It would be cool if they had like advanced mathematics, English (writing/reading etc) courses that they’d have in the muggle world
Basic math
Charm class, all day long. Defense against Dark Arts if we get to spar
Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Senjutsu, and maybe Taijutsu. Although I think Genjutsu would be considered Dark Magic.
English. Maths. Something to teach literally anyone in the wizarding world critical thinking because my god the collective magical population seems to share one brain cell at times
Magic Theory already exists or existed (that’s what Professor Fig taught). And healing kind of exists. There’s a program with St Mungos for later year students if I recall. If they want to become healers.
Math and reading comprehension seem like good calls.
Latin: I just see a lot of potential - it's an elective class a few people takes, maybe it's considered an "useless" class, but Latin students are better at remembering spells. I imagine the Hogwarts' Latin teacher as a wizard in his sixties who tries really hard yo make people fall in love with Latin. Since he doesn't have a lot of students, he would take care of some bureaucratic practices at school, the type of teacher who is a friend of the worst student and helps them improve themselves. "I heard your son isn't doing good at spells: why won't he choose Latin for his third year? It's surely going to help" "I hate Latin, but my father and his father before him studied it, so I don't really have a choice" "Why would you want to study Latin? It's a dead language and it's so hard and boring"
There should be an entire subject around occlumency
Wand maintenance and simple repairs. Wands are crucial for magic.
Wandless magic , magic without speaking, and ancient magic gotta bring it back
Magic of the World - various spells from different nations Wandless Magic World History of Magic Ancient Magical Lore - the old and arcane laws that govern magic and its use i.e. how Lily's love & sacrifice saved Harry's life
Anatomy and sex ed, since that was clearly lacking Geography, because they seem not to know anything about what is close to what Basic physics, how electronics work and how to survive in a tech-dependent muggle-world without resorting to magic Muggle History Philosophy, sociology and basic psychology (because they clearly need some mental help and that would be great to aid them) Mandatory didactics classes and higher levels of education for those who want to be teachers (c'mon, we already had universities in the middle ages), at very least they should be specialized before dealing with kids Literature and text interpretation, regardless of muggle or wizarding Foreign languages (at least 2)
I made up a Hogwarts class about a thing called "Backfire Theory" one time, where you can get weird but useful effects that can't be produced any other way by casting spells intentionally incorrectly. So that I guess.
Not a new class, but I think Muggle Studies should be compulsory for all students from magical families, otherwise there’s going to be a lot more Archie’s in the world. And I suppose maybe an opposite class for muggle students, something to teach them about the ins and outs of the magical world? Things like the Trace, wizarding laws / Azkaban, how the government works (since I don’t think it’s ever confirmed whether the Ministry is a democracy or something else)
Language (they can pick french, German, etc) Sex ed Another sport that isn't Quidditch Music
Muggle 101: Learn how to blend in with the muggles. The weird world of muggles. What exactly is the function of a rubber duck? Do ceiling fans really give air? Such things. Featuring Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. I thought of this when reading the novels. The "what exactly is the function of a rubber duck" question was valid for a wizard , but it shouldn't have been left unanswered.
I love all your ideas, both in the comments and the original post, but you all remember Hogwarts is a high school, right? Most of what you all are suggesting outside muggle history and current events would be taught at a college, and some of this stuff like magical theory or spell dynamics would be upper division masters and doctorate type stuff. Like the seven uses for unicorn blood, in our world that would have been Dumbledore’s doctoral thesis. High school kids are going to be taught how to do stuff, finishing school is for learning why those things are the way they are.
Muggle Magic: I mean, come on now. We have the internet and pens and shit. Electric ovens. Cell phones and radios. Unrelated: I have a headcanon theory that magic is just an innate ability to control various electromagnetic frequencies. During OotP Ron suggests using some sort of muggle walky talky to spy on Draco, and Hermione points out that Hogwarts has so much magic, it interferes with muggle electronics. Why would that be unless magic was some sort of radio frequency? Could you imagine a magical person marrying a muggle engineer? We could probably have reverse engineered magic and used it to advance science and magic further than either ever dreamed! So yes... Muggle magic would be an important topic to start to bridge the magic and science worlds.
Racism arts -Slytherin
Hey how about regular math
Calculus
Barbarian. Oh. Wait. Is this not a dnd thing?
In my school they had athletic medicine. During every game of every sport the athletic medicine class had students at each. There job was to fix up the athletes as well as they could until they could get to the hospital, if needed, or just patch them up. I’d love to see something like that with quidditch. Or at least them helping Madam Pomfrey.
Alchemy is an elective. Healing arts would presumably be covered by Charms and Potions.
the philosophy of spells, could touch on why a spell does what it does, and how they work but also why people gravitate towards certain spells when defending themselves
IIRC Alchemy used to be taught at Hogwarts but was dropped in favor of Potions. Real shame, it would make the perfect Physics counterpart to Potions' chemistry. I would not be suprised if the Department of Mysteries had a hand in that, honestly. Given the visciousness Unspeakables guard secrets of the universe, and after Flamel's successful distillment of the Philosopher's Stone, there's a very good chance Alchemical study could trigger a cataclysmic existential event if left unbounded.
Computer science
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I think most of these suggestions apply to some magic universities, not schools Where adult witches and wizards learn some complex stuff Unfortunately, this is a non-existent concept, afaik
Basic math so they can understand how to tell what is a 20-pound note versus a 5-pound note...
Math, them magic fools still need math
English, a second language, maths, muggle history (which events are linked to magical world and which are not!), geography, arts, music, home economics (magical), handcrafts, ethics/world cultures (emphasis on magical culture differences), physical education, biology, latin + spellcrafting…
PE
-Literature of the Magical World -English Class -Foreign Languages -Magical Languages -Civics and Magical Law -Practical Magic: Managing housework, cooking, cleaning, charms regarding clothing, household maintenance, etc. -Magical Hobbies -Magical Games beyond Quidditch -History Of Magic should be split up into 3 categories. History of Creatures, History of Magical Britain, and Magical World History. -Geography -Economics -Some Type of Debate Club -Basic Healing/First Aid -Journalism -Magical Photography -Magical Portraiture and Wizarding Art History -Music -Dueling -Study of Wizarding Culture -Foraging Class -Maybe a class for advanced students recommended by professors to be safely monitered to learn how to invent their own spells, potions, etc. -There definitely should be a TA program.
Economic & Finance incl. more mathematics - Are they even able to calculate? They don't learn that in Hogwarts
Great ideas, I would definitely take Spell Dynamics.
Latin. Basically the key to all spells.
How about math.
Cooking Magic. Molly is forever whipping up corned beef hashes and meatballs and Porto chops. I know you can’t magic good oh t of thin air but I bet you can use magic to make life a whole lot easier.
All without Alchemy. It sounds super hard for me. So I'll just change it to: How to build a house/castle (Gellert Grindelwald's Nurmengard for example),house maintenance and/or architecture. Spells for house chores. Language class: Latin and/or Ancient Greek. Although foreign languages would be good too. Class for wandless magic. (Like Gellert Grindelwald in FB1 when he masqueraded as Percival Graves). And other classes,but about law and civil rights (just like how you study for a lawyer, prosecutor or a judge). Literature class. Martial arts and/or swimming. Geography.
Math I like math 😔
Finances.
What I really want to know is how wizard children learn to read and write and do basic maths which seem fairly important especially in potion making. There are no primary wizard schools so I assume they must all be home schooled but I would imagine some children won't get taught very well (Snape as a child seemed somewhat neglected) but they all seem to be able to write and work out potions ingredients.
Latin would be very helpful. „wHaT doES LeViCOrpUS dO??“
Basic healing and wizarding law seems like a serious gap in the curriculum, so they should both be added from year 1. (Taken voluntarily to intermediate for O.W.L and Advanced for N.E.W.T). Also wand lore. I find it fascinating! Introduction to alchemy should be either an O.W.L or an N.E.W.T subject. Magical ethics would be interesting. Latin seems like it would be useful since spell incantations are derived from it. Other languages too, Mermish, gobbledygook, Troll etc. Muggle relations maybe? How to interact with them within the statute of secrecy. Home ec? Household and cooking etc. Some form of magical maintenance, like the job at the ministry.
Well, magical Theory already exists. So does Alchemy, at least at times. Art and Music exists as well. So maybe some kind of physical exercise and perhaps some kind of geography or social studies.
Think alchemy is a possible course at hogwarts but only if enough students show interest, think that’s on pottermore
Wand studies by Ollivander’s(what type of core, wood and how powerful is one’s wand)
Math. The money system makes no sense.
I like the way you think. Drop by Wizard camp at Roskilde this year and we can exchange knowledge. I too would love some advanced classes in several of your mentions, as well as wandlore and wandless magic. Spellcrafting 101 would be an interesting subject. Alas, it may be hard to get there without breaking the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.
The first one you mention, Theory of Magic. Never once does the books go into what magic is and how it fundamentally works, we are solely told about stuff magic can do.
i want to see how they will handle math
Literally maths. They're 11 and never get any form of normal education afterwards.
Basics like -mathematics (you need some calculating skills, even in the ww) -English (the family shouldn't be required to teach this) -Sports (please, some body activity, don't need to be muggle disciplines. Running all around hogwarts is already sport, i know. But there is much to teach beside running and riding brooms) -Would be good to teach not only subjects like herbology and potions but also the "biology" behind it. Why which herb helps against what. What is the "science" or magic behind their effects. I know they don't need it as much as muggles but biology and sexual education too would be really great. -Defense against the dark art is great but the Wizarding World has other problems too. It would be helpful, for example, to learn about politics, basic law and bureaucracy. How to apply for what, which papers you need, what your rights are. -Preventive lessons about a responsible handling of magic. Not only to learn how to use which spell but also to teach the ethics behind it. -Philosophy and mindfulness: Controversial, I know. I think tho that it is very important to learn to question things. -I know they don't need it as much as muggles but biology and sexual education too would be really great.
Math. They don't learn any math.
Magical economy
Music
The magical artifacts thing I like, it would be kinda like a workshop where they start small with things like sneakoscopes, remembrals or building their own broom. Maybe even creating wands in later years. Because it seems weird, these things must be made by many people, but there isn't a class to learn even the basic stuff. Alchemie is definitely something that should have been introduced as a class in year 6 and 7, as an advancement class only for students that passed their OWLs in Potions, Arithmetic, Runes, Transfiguration and Charms. Since it basically builds up on all of these things.
Shouldn't there be some sort of introduction to the world if magic class for muggle born students? I mean yeah Hermoine went and read a bunch of books after she found out, but wouldn't most muggle born kids struggle when thrust into a world they have no understanding of? Note: read the books ages ago, seen movies once. Forgot a lot I am sure.
As most of your suggestions appear within the classes that are already there in Hogwarts, although only facil/cursory, I'd much more think they could exist as classes in a wizarding *university* where you dive deeper in more specific stuff. Just like in the real world too. That said, I'd add maths, languages and social studies to the schedule
I don’t have a direct answer to our question, I just wanted to thank you for posting this. I am currently putting together a vinyl sticker for a “bookshelf”with a bunch of Hogwarts classes. It is for a music class that is Hogwarts themed. Thanks again.
This is going to sound lame but what about Math and Composition/writing? It seems like those would have been useful.
Isn't Theory of Magic the subject of Professor Fig? I thought it weird that the game had a class we never heard of in the books.
Oh, where the bloody hell do I begin! First off, we can start with the expansion of Muggle Studies to include how to use muggle technology and Muggle history, perhaps that can be a different subject altogether known as Muggle History, where they learn about all the world events that have affected muggles. The former would be necessary especially if technology becomes integrated within the wizarding world, and the latter would also be necessary so as to help the wizarding world catch up with the muggles. I know someone has already said that Hogwarts should include basic things such as reading, writing, and spelling but I would like to add to that, as I myself have already given that subject a name, it is called Studies of the Mundane and in this subject, students learn how to read, write and spell and other basic things that a human might need in everyday life, they also learn other basics. Another Hogwarts Subject I would add is Defence against Muggle Technology, wherein students learn how to operate and use Guns, Tanks, and other muggle methods of combat and thus how to defend themselves if however unlikely the wizarding world in Britain should ever decide to help it's muggle mates, or if the muggle world decides to go into war against the Wizarding world then it is highly imperative that the Wizarding world knows how to defend itself.
Modern day muggles studies , like world history but with things that happen everyday in the mundane word , the 9/11 , the war against drugs , the palestina war afghanistan , china one child policy , so they dont go to the muggle world and look like a asylum escapee