The study of Ancient Runes is an elective course at Hogwarts for third years or above. Ancient Runes is a mostly theoretical subject that studies the ancient runic scripts of magic, it is taken both at OWL and NEWT level examinations and can be used for the study of dark wizardry, and assist with careers such as an Unspeakable. Currently taught at Hogwarts, the current Professor for Ancient Runes is Indra Wednesday.