Care of Magical Creatures (Coming January 2021!)

 Alabaster School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Course Number 101
Various Meeting Times and Locations – check your owl post 

 Professor Angus O’Sullivan

Preferred contact information: Alabaster Message Board or Owl Post 

Office location: The cave by the lake

Office hours: 4-6 on Thursdays

• Care for Magical Creatures is an elective course that can be taken at any time throughout a student’s career without any prerequisites. 
• During this course, you will learn about the history, folklore, and habits of certain important magical creatures. This course will help you prepare for the Magical Creature History section of your O.W.L.S.
• You will complete several projects throughout the course, one of the most important being the incubation and hatching of an Antipodean Opaleye dragon egg. 

• All required school supplies can be purchased in the Care for Magical Creatures School Supply box.
• Textbook: Alabaster Care for Magical Creatures. This will be supplied to every student upon enrollment in the course.
• Please bring your personal bestiary and the supplied textbook to every class. 

•  This course will be graded on a pass/fail basis with an end of course examination.
• Upon passing the course you will receive certification in Care for Magical Creatures: Tier One 

•  You will be expected to watch every lesson, take notes, and respond in your personal bestiaries as the professor tells you. 
• Several activity assignments are included in your school supply box to complete. 

- Lesson One: Bestiaries

- Lesson Two: The Magical History of Owls

- Lesson Three: Dragons!!

- Examination

 Alabaster School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Course Number P101
Various Meeting Times and Locations – check your owl post

Professor Alma Neurine

Preferred contact information: Alabaster Message Board or Owl Post 

Office location: The Vault

Office hours: 2-4pm on Tuesdays

• Potions is a required course for all students yearly and specialized potions courses can be an elective course progressing in difficulty that can be taken at any time throughout a student’s career. 
• During this course, you will learn how to brew elementary and advanced potions. This course will help you prepare for the Divination section of your O.W.L.S.
• You will brew several potions throughout the course, some edible and some with extraordinary reactions, and you will craft several magical wizard treats that are sure to delight.    

•  Most required school supplies can be purchased in the Potions School Supply box.
• Textbook: Alabaster Potions Recipes. This will be supplied to every student upon enrollment in the course.
• Please bring a notebook, quill and any supplied materials to each class. 

• This course will be graded on a pass/fail basis with an end of course examination.
• Upon passing the course you will receive certification in Potions: Tier One

• You will be expected to watch every lesson, take notes, and respond in the class message boards as the professor tells you. 
• Several activity assignments are included in your school supply box to complete. 

- Lesson One: Edible Elixirs

- Lesson Two: Wizard Treats

- Lesson Three: Magical Reactions 

- Examination

 Alabaster School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Course Number D101
Various Meeting Times and Locations – check your owl post

Professor Kaya Decoteau

Preferred contact information: Alabaster Message Board or Owl Post 

Office location: The Astrology Tower

Office hours: 8-10pm on Wednesdays

• Divination is a required course for third year students and an elective course progressing in difficulty that can be taken at any time throughout a student’s career. 
• During this course, you will learn about the history and divinatory practices of astrology systems, tarot cards, and tea leaves. This course will help you prepare for the Divination section of your O.W.L.S.
• You will complete several projects throughout the course, including tea leaf readings, tarot card spreads, and a horoscope examination.   

•  All required school supplies can be purchased in the Divination School Supply box.
• Textbook: Tea-cup Reading and Fortune-telling by Tea Leaves by A Highland Seer. This will be supplied to every student upon enrollment in the course.
• Please bring a notebook, quill and any supplied materials to each class.

• This course will be graded on a pass/fail basis with an end of course examination.
• Upon passing the course you will receive certification in Divination: Tier One

• You will be expected to watch every lesson, take notes, and respond in the class message boards as the professor tells you. 
• Several activity assignments are included in your school supply box to complete. 

- Lesson One: Astrology

- Lesson Two: Tarot Cards

- Lesson Three: Tesseomancy 

- Examination

Alabaster School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Course Number H101
Various Meeting Times and Locations – check your owl post

Professor William Weasley

Preferred contact information: Alabaster Message Board or Owl Post 

Office location: The Greenhouse

Office hours: 6-8am on Mondays

•  Herbology is a required course that should be taken yearly throughout a student’s career, progressing in difficulty.
• During this course, you will learn about the history, magical properties, and uses of certain important herbs, plants, and fungi. This course will help you prepare for the Herbology section of your O.W.L.S.
• You will complete several projects throughout the course, one of the most practical being the crafting of your own magical herbal remedy for insect repellent.  

• All required school supplies can be purchased in the Herbology School Supply box.
• Textbook: Alabaster Herbology. This will be supplied to every student upon enrollment in the course.
• Please bring a notebook, quill and any supplied texts to each class.

•  This course will be graded on a pass/fail basis with an end of course examination.
• Upon passing the course you will receive certification in Herbology: Tier One

• You will be expected to watch every lesson, take notes, and respond in the class message boards as the professor tells you. 
• Several activity assignments are included in your school supply box to complete. 

- Lesson One: Muggle Magic, Pt. 1: Herbs

- Lesson Two: Muggle Magic, Pt. 2: Practical Herbology

- Lesson Three: Dark and Dangerous Plants

- Examination