Hogwarts Classes

Arithmancy
Arithmany is taught by Professor Vector. What is it? Well, we don't learn much about it in the books, but it is probably the study of Math. The name of the Professor gives away all the clues. This is the only lesson Hermione doesn't have with Harry and Ron, because when she takes Arithmancy, Harry and Ron go off to Divination. Arithmancy is also known as numerology, which is a way of predicting the future with numbers in different combinations affiliated with your birthdate and name.

Astronomy
Astronomy is taught by Professor Sinistra. In this class, students study the night sky plotting the stars and looking for symbols. For homework, students are required to make precise models of the stars.

Care of Magical Creatures
This lesson is taught by a person that is very keen on magical creatures - Hagrid. The many creatures they have studied included Hippogrifs, and Blast Ended Skrewts. Not much is learn in this lesson. Instead, students spend most of their time making sure that their robes don't catch on fire.

Charms
Charms is taught by the tiny Professor Flitwick, whom despite his size has a great knowledge of spells. Students learn all sorts of spells and charms that are quite useful to many students.

Defense Against the Dark Arts
Every year Harry has been in this school, he has had a different DADA professor. Is the rumor that this job is cursed true? Students learn a lot from DADA, for example what unforgivable curses are.

Divination
Divination is taught by the very dreamy Professor Trelawney in her classroom in the most northern tower of Hogwarts. Students learn how to predict what's going to happen in the future in many different ways, such as glaring in to a crystal ball or swirling tea leaves. However, many suspect that not much is learned here, as only few have the real gift to predict the future.

Flying Lessons
Flying lessons are taught by Madam Hooch in the beautiful Hogwarts grounds. Students learn how to use a broomstick properly, and soon are able to fly in the air without crashing into the ground. This lesson is well liked by students because learning to fly is as exciting as learning how to drive in the muggle world.

Herbology
Herbology is taught by Professor Sprout, head of Hufflepuff in the greenhouses of Hogwarts. Students learn about different plants, what they are used for and often have hands on experience on how to handle them.

History of Magic
History of Magic is considered to be one of the most boring subjects in Hogwarts, and is taught by Professor Binns, a Hogwarts Ghost. In this class, students learn about the history of Witches, Wizards, and other wizarding/magic-related events that happened in the past.

Muggle Studies
Students in this class take a break from the wizarding world and learn all about muggles. As many students in Hogwarts have never lived in the muggle world, muggle habits, customs, history is taught - just about everything is covered.

Potions
Potions is not enjoyed by many students, especially those in Gryffindor as it is taught by the extremely biased Professor Snape, head of Slytherin. He constantly makes students nervous as they are preparing their potions, leading to mistakes and points taken off Gryffindor.

Transfiguration
Transfiguration is an extremely complex branch of magic, taught by Head of Gryffindor Professor McGonagall. The intellegent people seem to like this subject a lot, as Albus Dumbledore once taught Transfiguration before being headmaster of Hogwarts. Transfiguration involves a student transforming one object to another. Students start out with simple objects, such as transforming a match into a needle