Oh, and I found this:<br/><br/>schedule of classes by year<br/><br/>First Year:<br/>classes:<br/>Astronomy<br/>Charms<br/>Defense Against the Dark Arts<br/>Herbology<br/>History of Magic<br/>Potions<br/>Transfiguration<br/>June: finals (exams)<br/><br/>Second Year<br/>Same classes as first year. During the Easter holidays, students choose two or more additional classes for year 3.<br/>partial list:<br/>Ancient Runes<br/>Arithmancy<br/>Care of Magical Creatures<br/>Divination<br/>Muggle Studies<br/>June: finals (exams)<br/><br/>Third Year<br/><br/>Same classes as second year, add two new subjects. Students may drop an elective class if they wish but they are required to continue with the core classes begun in first year.<br/>June: finals (exams)<br/><br/>Fourth Year<br/><br/>Same classes as third year, begin preparing for O.W.L.s. Students may drop an elective class if they wish but they are required to continue with the core classes begun in first year.<br/>June: finals (exams)<br/><br/>Fifth Year<br/><br/>Same classes as fourth year. Students may drop an elective class if they wish but they are required to continue with the core classes begin in first year.<br/>June: Ordinary Wizarding Levels (O.W.L.s)<br/><br/>Sixth Year:<br/><br/>Students don't know what their classes for sixth year will be until after they receive the results of their O.W.L.s. Once they have their O.W.L. results, the students know whether they have achieved the required grades to get into the classes they're interested in for sixth year. On the first day of term, each student meets with his or her Head of House to determine which classes he or she can take. If the student did not pass an O.W.L., he or she discusses options with the Head of House.<br/><br/>If a student achieved the required O.W.L. in a particular subject (which varies from teacher to teacher), he or she may continue in that subject, but is not required to do so. For example, several (well, all, as far as we know) of Harry's year opted to drop out of Care of Magical Creatures, much to Hagrid's dismay.<br/><br/>June: finals (exams)<br/><br/>Seventh Year:<br/>We won't know what the classes are for seventh year until the book comes out, although it is likely that seventh years concentrate on taking classes in their chosen fields.<br/><br/>June: Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests (N.E.W.T.s)<br/><br/>