The fourth year is a year of education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students aged 14 to 15. They continue taking the seven subjects they started studying in their first year and the electives they chose in their third year.
About[]
In the summer holidays, every fourth year student is sent a letter that includes which books they have bring to Hogwarts that year.[1]
Subjects[]
| Name | Topics |
|---|---|
| Astronomy | |
| Charms | Summoning Charm[2] |
| Banishing Charm[3] | |
| Defence Against the Dark Arts | |
| Unforgivable Curses[4] | |
| Counter-curses[4] | |
| Hex-deflection[5] | |
| Twitchy-Ears Hex[5] | |
| Herbology | Bubotuber[6] |
| Bubotuber pus[6] | |
| Bouncing Bulb[2] | |
| Flutterby bush[7] | |
| History of Magic | Goblin rebellions[8] |
| Potions | Wit-Sharpening Potion[9] |
| Transfiguration | Hedgehog to pincushion[8] |
| Cross-Species Switches[10] | |
| Guinea fowl to guinea pig[10] | |
| Transforming Spells[10] | |
| Arithmancy | |
| Divination | Astrology[6][4][8][11][12] |
| Muggle Studies | |
| Study of Ancient Runes | |
| Care of Magical Creatures | Unicorn[13] |
| Blast-Ended Skrewt[6] |
Set books[]
- The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection[4]
- The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4[14]
- One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
- Unfogging the Future
- Rune Dictionary
Notes and sources[]
- ā Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4
- ā 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 18
- ā Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 26
- ā 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 14
- ā 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 28
- ā 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 13
- ā Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 20
- ā 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 15
- ā Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27
- ā 10.0 10.1 10.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 22
- ā Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 21
- ā Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 29
- ā Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 24
- ā Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 10