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{{Quote|Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned.|[[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] introducing Transfiguration |Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
 
{{Quote|Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned.|[[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] introducing Transfiguration |Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
   
'''Transfiguration''' is a core class and subject taught at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. It teaches the art of changing the form and appearance of an object.
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'''Transfiguration''' is a core class and subject taught at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. It teaches the art of changing the form and appearance of an object. This type of magic is commonly referred to as "''[[Transfiguration]]''". There are limits to Transfiguration, which are governed by [[Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration]].<ref name="DH">{{DH}}</ref> There are also many branches of Transfiguration, including [[Cross-Species Transfiguration]] and [[Human Transfiguration]]. This type of magic is regarded as "very hard work" and is "more scientific" than any other subject. One has to get it exactly right for the transfiguration to be successful.<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2003/0626-alberthall-fry.htm J.K. Rowling at the Royal Albert Hall, 26 June 2003]</ref>
   
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The professor of this subject for many years was [[Albus Dumbledore]] and later [[Minerva McGonagall]]. It is unknown who took over this subject when Professor McGonagall became Headmistress of Hogwarts.
This type of magic is commonly referred to as "''[[Transfiguration]]''". There are limits to Transfiguration, which are governed by [[Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration]].<ref name="DH">{{DH}}</ref> There are also many branches of Transfiguration, including [[Cross-Species Transfiguration]] and [[Human Transfiguration]]. Transfiguration is regarded as "very hard work" and is "more scientific" than any other subject. One has to get it exactly right for the transfiguration to be successful.<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2003/0626-alberthall-fry.htm J.K. Rowling at the Royal Albert Hall, 26 June 2003]</ref>
 
   
 
==Class information==
 
==Class information==
 
 
{{Quote|I do not accept students into [[N.E.W.T.]] classes unless they have achieved 'Exceeds Expectations' or higher at [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]].|Professor McGonagall on the increased difficulty in NEWT.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
 
{{Quote|I do not accept students into [[N.E.W.T.]] classes unless they have achieved 'Exceeds Expectations' or higher at [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]].|Professor McGonagall on the increased difficulty in NEWT.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
   
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Transfiguration is a required subject for all [[first year]] to [[fifth year]] students, with the option of a [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test) course in sixth and seventh year. [[Minerva McGonagall]] was the Transfiguration [[Professor]] from [[1950s|1956]] until [[1998]], the year in which she became Headmistress of the school. Before her, [[Albus Dumbledore]] taught Transfiguration it's unknown who became the Transfiguration professor after she became Headmistress of Hogwarts. McGonagall believes Transfiguration to be more elegant and superior to other types of magic.
 
Transfiguration is a required subject for all [[first year]] to [[fifth year]] students, with the option of a [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test) course in sixth and seventh year. [[Minerva McGonagall]] was the Transfiguration [[Professor]] from [[1950s|1956]] until [[1998]], the year in which she became Headmistress of the school. Before her, [[Albus Dumbledore]] taught Transfiguration it's unknown who became the Transfiguration professor after she became Headmistress of Hogwarts. McGonagall believes Transfiguration to be more elegant and superior to other types of magic.
   
[[File:Transfiguration_professors.jpg|thumb|159px|[[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Minerva McGonagall]] former professors of [[Transfiguration]]]]
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[[File:Transfiguration_professors.jpg|thumb|210x210px|[[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Minerva McGonagall]] former professors of [[Transfiguration]]]]
   
 
Students practice actual transfigurations during classes. Accidents sometimes result in partial transfigurations and theoretical homework is sometimes assigned. The further into a student's education the more difficult the classwork and homework becomes.
 
Students practice actual transfigurations during classes. Accidents sometimes result in partial transfigurations and theoretical homework is sometimes assigned. The further into a student's education the more difficult the classwork and homework becomes.
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===Classroom layout===
 
===Classroom layout===
 
 
The classroom itself is big, surrounded by high windows, has four rows of three desks, and still has enough room for several cages and bookshelves, two chalkboards, and a desk for [[Professor McGonagall]]. Several candlesticks stand lit behind McGonagall's desk.
 
The classroom itself is big, surrounded by high windows, has four rows of three desks, and still has enough room for several cages and bookshelves, two chalkboards, and a desk for [[Professor McGonagall]]. Several candlesticks stand lit behind McGonagall's desk.
   
===Lesson Times===
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=== Lesson times ===
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
 
! align="center" width="25%" |Year
 
! align="center" width="30%" |Day
 
! align="center" width="50%" |Period
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[First year|First]]
! align="center" width="20%" |Year
 
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|Thursday
! align="center" width="20%" |Day
 
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|second
! align="center" width="20%" |Period
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[First year]]
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|Tuesday
|Mon-Fri
 
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|first
|Tenth
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|[[Second year]]
 
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|second
|Mon-Fri
 
|Fourth
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|Thursday
|Mon-Fri
 
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|fourth
|Fourth
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Third year|Third]]
|Mon-Fri
 
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|Monday
|Fourth
 
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|third
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Third year]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Thursday
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|second
|Mon-Fri
 
|Fifth
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[Fourth year|Fourth]]
|Mon-Fri
 
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|morning
|Fifth
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Fourth year]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Fifth year|Fifth]]
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|Tuesday
|Mon-Fri
 
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|fourth
|Eighth
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|Wednesday
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Fifth year]]
 
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|third
|Mon-Fri
 
|Third
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[Sixth year|Sixth]]
|Mon-Fri
 
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|Friday
|Third
 
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|morning
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Sixth year]]
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|[[Seventh year|Seventh]]
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|unknown
|Mon-Fri
 
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|unknown
|Second
 
|-
 
|[[Seventh year]]
 
|Mon-Fri
 
|First
 
 
|}
 
|}
   
 
==Curriculum==
 
==Curriculum==
 
 
===First Year===
 
===First Year===
 
 
{{Quote|Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuff box.|First year exam in [[1992]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
 
{{Quote|Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuff box.|First year exam in [[1992]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
 
[[File:Transalph.png|thumb|190px|The alphabet taught in [[first year]] classes.]]
 
[[File:Transalph.png|thumb|190px|The alphabet taught in [[first year]] classes.]]
   
 
*The alphabet
 
*The alphabet
*The transformation formula, which is that the intended transformation is directly influenced by bodyweight (a), viciousness (v), wand power (w), concentration (c), and a fifth unknown variable (Z).<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''</ref>
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*The transformation formula, which is that the intended transformation is directly influenced by bodyweight (a), viciousness (v), wand power (w), concentration (c), and a fifth unknown variable (Z).<ref>{{PSF}}</ref>
 
*[[Desk Into Pig|Desk into Pig]] {{c|not practically}}
 
*[[Desk Into Pig|Desk into Pig]] {{c|not practically}}
 
*[[Match to needle]]
 
*[[Match to needle]]
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===Third Year===
 
===Third Year===
 
{{Quote| ''[...]'' comparing results and bemoaning the difficulty of the tasks they been set, which included turning a teapot into tortoise.|Third year exam in [[1994]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
 
{{Quote| ''[...]'' comparing results and bemoaning the difficulty of the tasks they been set, which included turning a teapot into tortoise.|Third year exam in [[1994]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
*[[File:Transfiguration.JPG|thumb|217x217px|Complex notes taken in Transfiguration class]]Lecture on [[Animagus|Animagi]] {{c|demonstrated by Professor McGonagall}}
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[[File:Transfiguration.JPG|thumb|228x228px|Complex notes taken in Transfiguration class]]
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*Lecture on [[Animagus|Animagi]] {{c|demonstrated by Professor McGonagall}}
 
*[[Teapot to tortoise|Teapot to Tortoise]]
 
*[[Teapot to tortoise|Teapot to Tortoise]]
 
*[[Hedgehog to pincushion|Hedgehog to Pincushion]]
 
*[[Hedgehog to pincushion|Hedgehog to Pincushion]]
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===Sixth Year===
 
===Sixth Year===
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{{Quote|Harry barely understood half of what Professor McGonagall said to them these days; even Hermione had had to ask her to repeat instructions once or twice. |The increased difficulty during sixth year|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
{{Quote|These are easier than [[Conjuring Spells]], which you would not usually attempt until N.E.W.T. level ''[...]'' |Professor McGonagall|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix }}
 
 
*Either this year or next they transfigure themselves to acquire extra powers.
 
*Either this year or next they transfigure themselves to acquire extra powers.
*[[Human Transfiguration]]s {{c|such as ''[[Crinus Muto]]''}}
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*[[Human Transfiguration]] {{c|such as ''[[Crinus Muto]]''}}
 
*[[Bird-Conjuring Charm]]
 
*[[Bird-Conjuring Charm]]
   
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==Required textbooks==
 
==Required textbooks==
[[File:A-beginners-guide-to-transfiguration-pottermore.png|thumb|A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]]
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[[File:A-beginners-guide-to-transfiguration-pottermore.png|thumb|A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration|185x185px]]
 
*''[[A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]]'', by [[Emeric Switch]], ([[First year|first year ]]& [[Second|second]][[Second year| year]])
 
*''[[A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]]'', by [[Emeric Switch]], ([[First year|first year ]]& [[Second|second]][[Second year| year]])
 
*''[[Intermediate Transfiguration]]'' ([[third year]], [[fourth year ]]& [[fifth year]])
 
*''[[Intermediate Transfiguration]]'' ([[third year]], [[fourth year ]]& [[fifth year]])
 
*''[[A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration]]'' ([[sixth year]] & [[seventh year]])
 
*''[[A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration]]'' ([[sixth year]] & [[seventh year]])
 
==Grades==
 
 
===Pass===
 
*[[Outstanding]] [O]
 
*[[Exceeds Expectations]] [E]
 
*[[Acceptable]] [A]
 
===Fail===
 
*[[Poor]] [P]
 
*[[Dreadful]] [D]
 
*[[Troll]] [T]
 
   
 
==Known O.W.L.s==
 
==Known O.W.L.s==
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*[[Transfiguration]]
 
*[[Transfiguration]]
 
*[[Untransfiguration]]
 
*[[Untransfiguration]]
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==Media==
 
==Media==
 
<gallery widths="200" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
 
<gallery widths="200" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]'' {{Mention}}
*''[[Pottermore]] {{Mention}}''
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*''[[Pottermore]]'' {{Mention}}
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==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
<references />
 
   
 
{{Transfiguration}}
 
{{Transfiguration}}

Revision as of 19:47, 25 May 2015

"Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned."
Professor McGonagall introducing Transfiguration [src]

Transfiguration is a core class and subject taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It teaches the art of changing the form and appearance of an object. This type of magic is commonly referred to as "Transfiguration". There are limits to Transfiguration, which are governed by Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration.[1] There are also many branches of Transfiguration, including Cross-Species Transfiguration and Human Transfiguration. This type of magic is regarded as "very hard work" and is "more scientific" than any other subject. One has to get it exactly right for the transfiguration to be successful.[2]

The professor of this subject for many years was Albus Dumbledore and later Minerva McGonagall. It is unknown who took over this subject when Professor McGonagall became Headmistress of Hogwarts.

Class information

"I do not accept students into N.E.W.T. classes unless they have achieved 'Exceeds Expectations' or higher at Ordinary Wizarding Level."
— Professor McGonagall on the increased difficulty in NEWT.[src]
Transfiguration class1

Transfiguration is a required subject for all first year to fifth year students, with the option of a N.E.W.T. (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test) course in sixth and seventh year. Minerva McGonagall was the Transfiguration Professor from 1956 until 1998, the year in which she became Headmistress of the school. Before her, Albus Dumbledore taught Transfiguration it's unknown who became the Transfiguration professor after she became Headmistress of Hogwarts. McGonagall believes Transfiguration to be more elegant and superior to other types of magic.

File:Transfiguration professors.jpg

Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall former professors of Transfiguration

Students practice actual transfigurations during classes. Accidents sometimes result in partial transfigurations and theoretical homework is sometimes assigned. The further into a student's education the more difficult the classwork and homework becomes.

In fifth year students take the Ordinary Wizarding Level examination, much of the year is spent learning Ordinary Wizarding Level material, as well as revisiting the past four years of lessons. As part of their Transfiguration O.W.L., students must sit a written exam, and then complete a practical exam, one of the questions on the written exam asks the definition of Switching spells and one aspect of the practical is Vanishment. In order to advance to N.E.W.T.-level for the final two years of education a student must achieve a high O.W.L. score of either 'Outstanding' or 'Exceeds Expectations' on their exam.

Like charms work, Transfiguration is achieved through concentration, precise wand movements, and the proper pronunciation of an incantation. However it is generally more difficult than Charms and requires great effort.[3]

Location and time

Classroom 1B (also known as the Transfiguration Classroom) is where Transfiguration class is taught. The classroom is located on the ground floor around the Middle Courtyard.

Classroom layout

The classroom itself is big, surrounded by high windows, has four rows of three desks, and still has enough room for several cages and bookshelves, two chalkboards, and a desk for Professor McGonagall. Several candlesticks stand lit behind McGonagall's desk.

Lesson times

Year Day Period
First Thursday second
Second Tuesday first
Wednesday second
Thursday fourth
Third Monday third
Thursday second
Fourth morning
Fifth Tuesday fourth
Wednesday third
Sixth Friday morning
Seventh unknown unknown

Curriculum

First Year

"Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuff box."
— First year exam in 1992[src]
Transalph

The alphabet taught in first year classes.

Second Year

Third Year

" [...] comparing results and bemoaning the difficulty of the tasks they been set, which included turning a teapot into tortoise."
— Third year exam in 1994[src]
Transfiguration

Complex notes taken in Transfiguration class

Fourth Year

Fifth Year

Sixth Year

"Harry barely understood half of what Professor McGonagall said to them these days; even Hermione had had to ask her to repeat instructions once or twice. "
— The increased difficulty during sixth year[src]

Known professors

Required textbooks

File:A-beginners-guide-to-transfiguration-pottermore.png

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration

Known O.W.L.s

Branches of Transfiguration

Vera Verto 250px

Vera Verto in action.

Media

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Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

Transfiguration (class)
COS Vera Verto demo
Branches of Transfiguration Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall · Charles Rookwood · Matilda Weasley
Textbooks A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Partial Vanishment · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) · Snake Summons Spell (Serpensortia)
Transforming Spells Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) · Armadillo to Pillow · Bowling Ball to Balloon · Beetle into Button · Cauldron to badger · Cat to cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Fairy Cakes to Fairies · Feather Duster to Ferret · Ferret to Feather Duster · Gobstone to butterfly · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Gobstone to Skunk · Hedgehog to pincushion · King to Rook · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Rubbish to Raccoon Dog · Small Child to Rat · Small object to dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to bird (Avifors) · Target to matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup into Gerbil · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to Tortoise · Thimble to Thestral · Toad to Toadstool · Tortoise to Trumpet · White rabbits to slippers
Wizarding education
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Hogwartscrest
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DurmstrangCrest
The eleven schools
Beauxbatons · Castelobruxo · Durmstrang · Hogwarts · Ilvermorny · Koldovstoretz · Mahoutokoro · Uagadou
Specialised schools
Academy of Broom Flying · Charm School · Euro-Glyph School of Extraordinary Languages · Merge School of Under-Water Spellage · The Naaszcademy of Magizoology · Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts · Young Wizards Daycare Center