Chapter VII. Education
[] Chapter VII. Education []
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<> Section A: Schools of Magic
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The Empire of Albion has 21 Great Schools of Magic, which are listed below, a single Imperial University, and hundreds of other minor places of learning.
1) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry covers Briton, Scotland, and Ireland.
2) Beauxbatons Academy of Magic covers France and the territory around it.
3) Tartessus School of Magic covers Spain and parts of the Mediterranean around it.
4) Rhea Silvia School of Magic covers Italy, the lands around it, and most of the Meditrranean. Located in Rome.
5) Durmstrang Institute of Magic covers most of Germany and parts of Eastern Europe. Located in eastern Europe.
6) Omphalos School of Magic covers Greece, and the area around that. Located in Greece and has an origin during Alexander the Great's reign.
7) Koldovstoretz School of Magic covers European Russia and the region around it. Located in Ural Mountains.
8) Baba Yaga School of Magic covers the great expanses of Asian Russia and the regions around it. Located in a magical structure that walks and so can be found at various places.
9) Irem School of Magic covers the Middle Eastern territories of Albion, including the Near East. The school is located in what was once central Persia.
10) Heka School of Magic covers the upper portions of Africa. Located in Egypt and was founded by the ancient Pharaohs.
11) Timbuktu School of Magic covers the western portions of Africa and is located north of the Niger River.
12) Uagadou School of Magic covers the central portion of Africa and is located in Uganda.
13) Sangoma School of Magic covers the southern portion of Africa and is located in Botswana.
14) Kaarmana School of Magic covers India and the area around it. Located in the 'Bhangarh Fort' of Rajasthan.
15) Kunlun School of Magic covers the Albion territories in and around China, which is where it lies.
16) Borealis School of Magic covers Australia and Oceania. The school is located in the New south Wales Blue Mountain Range of Australia.
17) Ilvermorny School of Magic is for eastern North America and parts of the Caribbean. Located in the Rocky Mountains.
18) Manitou School of Magic covers middle North America, focused mostly on Canada but also including the interior region of the the US. The school is located around Lake Monitoba.
19) Winchester School of Magic covers the western North America and parts of the Pacific Ocean. Located in San Jose, California.
20) Castlebruxo School of Magic covers top portions of South America and parts of the Caribbean. Located near the Brazilian Rainforest.
21) Machi School of Magic located in the lower tip of South America, which is the region that it covers.
0) The Avalon School of High Magic (also known in part as the Camelot Imperial University) is the most advanced post-graduate school of the arcane arts in all of the Empire of Albion. So elite is the school in the modern day that it contacts prospective students rather than students applying to it. The school is located in a self-contained buble space once physically located in an island within the bounds of Camelot.
o Schools in Other Nations
Mahoutokoro covers the Empire of Japan.
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xx covers Azec Empire.
xx covers Mayan Empire.
xx covers Incan Empire.
<> Section B : Education
Schooling in Albion is organized into three broad tiers - hundred, scholastics, mastery.
The first tier, from say age one age ten, is in one of the local hundred schools. These government run establishments teach the seven liberal arts (grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music), the three philosophies (natural, moral, and metaphysics), basic law, animal handling, simple medicine, local history, and the basic lore of magic.
The first tier was only available to purebloods or halfbloods with aware magical parents up until the return of the Monarch.
The second tier, from age eleven to age seventeen, is that of academic schooling. This is accomplished through admissions into either a school of magic - be it one of the twenty-one great schools or its many associated provincial schools. Every magical resident of Albion, no matter class or income, has a right to a scholastic education. That said, only those of at least a particular magical level and above are able to attend one of the great schools.
While there are 21 Great Schools the number of associated provincial schools are many times that, with a number that flucturates decade by decade. By the time of Harry's presence there was roughly ten provincial for every one great, though Africa has roughly twenty for every one.
The education one gets is roughly similar in broad strokes do to the fact that OWLs and NEWTs are overseen by the Ministry rather than the school masters.
The third level is the mastery programs, which is available from post-NEWT and all the way to death. Such education is gained through the time honored master and apprentice program, the slightly younger guild training system, and the more modern academic model. In all ways testing and licensing is once again Ministry, rather than local, and so to be called a Master or Archmaster in a subject has national recognition and meaning.
<> Section C : School Subjects
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Core Courses - Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, History of Magic, Herbology, Astronomy
Electives Courses - Runic Studies, Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Muggle Studies, Divination
OWL/NEWT Courses - Magic Theory, Healing and First Aid, Flying, Physical Education, Fine Arts, Language Studies, Dueling, Dark Arts, Warding, Geomancy, Magical Craftsmanship, Estate Management, Politics and Law, Teaching + 12 Hogwarts Subjects
Other Courses - Spell Creation, Ritual Magic, Alchemy, Mind Arts, Enchanting, Magical Traditions, Cultural Magics.
Special Courses - Flying Instruction, Apparition Training, Animagi Training
o Course Descriptions
Arithmancy - This covers the magical lore of numbers and applies to spellcasting and ritualcrafting. Contrary to its 'mancy' name it is not divination by numbers.
Alchemy - This is an advanced magical subject designed to transform base materials into purer materials. It is a mix of both Transfiguration and Potions.
Mind Arts - This represents not just occlumency and legimancy but also the creation, and empowerment of mindscapes.