The basic runes, divination, CoMC electives have been done and done in fanfiction but a school like Hogwarts could have many more.

What are some electives you can think up?

Personally even though it sounds dry, a Wizarding culture/politics elective could be interesting.

 

I would have loved for there to be an elective in Alchemy (assuming you don't require advanced Transfiguration to learn it)

 

These make no sense.

They would only be used by muggleborns, because wizard-raised students already know all of this.

 

Always curious about normal electives - such as English/Math electives. Basic reasoning/logic/criminology/psychology electives. Perhaps social communications electives. Kids are at that school 24/7 for most of the year - they could be learning a lot more than magical studies, and even thought pathways that would complement magical learning.

That said.

Magical electives I'd like to see:

Elemental magic, perhaps. Course work designed to understand/master a particular element. Fire magic, water magic etc...

A more in depth Magical Creatures elective. Not just caring for them.

Healing magic. Again, a comprehensive course (Madam Pomfrey could teach it as an extracurricular activity once or twice a week after regular classes), not just the odd healing charm.

Stuff like that. Keep the little bastards busy so they can't go off hunting snakes or escaped madmen.

 

Alchemy is something I always wanted to see more of in HP and healing really should be essential as an elective in that castle.

Defence against the dark arts and defence against dark creatures should definitely be different subjects.

 

I would like to see a hands-on elective where you actually do stuff with magic. Like, in highschool, we had an autobody elective, a woodworking elective, and an engineering elective. Hogwarts has care for magical creatures, which is a hand-on thing, but they don't have any classes where you learn real world skills that would even remotely lead to your future profession. All that shit in diagon alley has to come from somewhere. Wandmaking, cauldron making, bookmaking, glassmaking...

-edit- As for alchemy, I'm thinking it would be an elective available to those who have above and E in both potions and transfiguration (and likely an O) on their OWLs, so it would only be for 6th and 7th years.

 

Government & Politics: Exploring the different systems of magical government across the world, how they deal with their own relevant issues and their own individual histories. Perhaps there would be a module on how the wizard Rasputin tried to merge the muggle and magical governments by placing the monarch under the imperius curse. The structure of government in magical dictatorships in South America or magical monarchies (ultra-pureblood agenda types) in Scandinavia and Japan. How did the magical governments of Europe come to an agreement on where to maintain Dragon Sanctuaries and how to handle illegal breeding of magical animals? How does the ICW work? Should Britain leave the ICW?

Magical Medicine: Combining basic biology, anatomy and physiology with healing magic. When does one use a spell to repair a full-thickness tendon tear versus a potion? Is there an evidence base for usage of burn salves over certain healing potions as a first-line treatment?Would require very high grades in Charms and Potions.

Magical Theory: How does magic work? Why do certain incantations and wand movements produce certain effects and not others? Covering basics of spell creation and manipulation, as well as more obscure branches of magic such as occlumency, non-verbal and wandless magic, and things like alchemy and enchanting. Ancient Runes strongly encouraged, this elective is highly recommended for students considering careers in the Department of Mysteries or apprenticeships in areas of magical research.

 

Nah, in my opinion Magical Creature Hunter sounds like a legit profession for the HP universe. Exotic pets are going to be a thing. People will still want nice trophies. Fur clothing. Food so rare Gordon Ramsay would dance a jig

Hippogriff bacon sounds delicious. A unicorn petting zoo would certainly make a lot of money. Narcissa Malfoy would definitely thank you for that nice Cerberus rug.

Okay, I'm obviously exaggerating, but hunting would quite probably be a thing.

 

World Magic - or something more appropriately named (wizarding sociology, essentially). Something to complement muggle studies and history of magic.

Discussing and learning about the different historical and modern magical systems, traditions and beliefs around the modern-day world.

 

A course studying the different locations and types of magical communities would have been pretty valuable for anyone like Bill or Charlie who went abroad to work.

I agree that Alchemy should be an offshoot of potions in the way enchanting could be an offshoot of charms.

Warding could be the same for runes.

It's not technically the point of this thread but its interesting to imagine a syllabus where each subject has a theoretical and practical branch post-O.W.Ls.

 

Always thought they should have been taught languages, especially ones like Latin and Ancient Greek for the students that want to be Curse Breakers. Or modern languages (especially French and Spanish) for any student that ends up dealing in international affairs.

Then again, considering Crouch Sr.'s ability to talk like every language in the world, it probably isn't all that difficult to pick up for a wizard.

 

What does Latin and Ancient Greek have to do with curse breaking? You've read Bungle in the Jungle one too many times, I think. But, I could see Latin only because all of their spells are derived from it.

 

Actually I've never read it all, but I said that because Curse Breakers are basically looking for ancient treasures or whatever, so a good knowledge of ancient history (and the languages spoken way back when) might be a good thing to have.

If I had said Egyptian (ancient or otherwise), would that have made more sense? Bill was doing some work there so we know Curse Breakers operate there.

 

Motherfucking magical trunk creation.

Actual course title.

 

Well, that explains why the didn't teach politics, history, music and art when I was in school, right?

 

Nice try, but that's not the same.

 

Why not?

/tenchar