The Following only applies to Staffers and Teachers/House Heads:<br/><br/>First though Fifth-year students all take the same classes:<br/><br/>Astronomy, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts,<br/>History of Magic, Herbology, Potions, and Transfiguration<br/><br/><br/>First year students also take:<br/><br/>Flying<br/><br/><br/>Third Year students choose two new 'elective' courses (which carry through the fourth year):<br/><br/>Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures,<br/>Divination, Healing Arts, Hearth and Home, Muggle Studies,<br/>and Vocational Studies<br/><br/>Many students choose to continue at Hogwarts after fifth year, although the option to drop out is available at this point. At this points, students will choose the two or three classes from their OWLs that most closely relate to their desired career path.<br/><br/>Sixth and Seventh year students have far more free time/free periods, but their classes also require that much more work. They are also able to choose one additional 'elective' if they so desire, but this option is usually only taken by advanced students.