All the possible OWLS

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 125641


> "L Sanford" <lsanford at l...> wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to figure out what the twelve subjects are .... Here 
is 
> what I have:
> > 
> > 1.  Potions
> > 2.  Herbology
> > 3.  Transfiguration
> > 4.  Charms
> > 5.  Defense Against Dark Arts
> > 6.  History of Magic
> > 7.  Care of Magical Creatures
> > 8.  Divination	
> > 9.  Ancient Runes
> > 10. Astrology
> > 11. Arithmancy
> 
Valky added:
> 12. Muggle Studies 


Hannah:  I should add that there is much debate over exactly how 
anyone gets 12 OWLs when even Hermione isn't taking all of the above 
subjects, and nearly had a nervous breakdown when she tried.  There 
are various suggestions, including separate OWLs for practical and 
theory papers, or double OWLs for higher grades (both of which 
explanations I personally disagree with).

I have a few theories of my own on this.  Maybe there are a couple 
of extra OWL subjects that don't have scheduled lessons, but are 
cross-curricular for all of the subjects (rather like General 
Studies in the RL).  'General Magical Theory' or 'Applications of 
Magical Theory' or something like that.  Perhaps just the highly 
motivated students, such as Percy and Hermione, bother to take it, 
explaining why Harry has never mentioned it.

Another possibility is that the broader subjects (Charms, 
Transfiguration) have separate OWLs for different areas of the 
subject, eg. Transfiguration OWL, and Conjuring OWL, something like 
that, both taught in the same class, and maybe even examined 
together with separate sections on the same paper (like English 
Language and Literature in the RL).

Another suggestion would be that some of the subjects which Harry 
doesn't take, such as Arithmancy or Ancient Runes, have an extension 
element.  In the RL, we have Maths and Further Maths (an extra 
subject for the more able students).  So maybe they get Arithmancy 
and Further Arithmancy.

Hannah