The University of Wisconsin-Platteville is adding a new college this fall to attempt to boost enrollment numbers and accumulate more money from tuition and student housing. In addition to the current colleges of BILSA, LAE and EMS, the university will be adding the College of Witchcraft, Alchemy, Runes, Transfiguration and Sorcery (WARTS).

The new college will be added to the 2015 fall semester and will offer a wide range of majors for incoming witches and warlocks. Some of these majors will include Potions, Divination, Transfiguration, Magical Engineering, Palm Reading, Wandlore, Muggle Studies, Magical Creature Veterinary Sciences and Magical History.

A few classes that are going to be offered under the new college are Discovering Runes, Potions, Theories of Dreamworking, Alchemy, Involuntary Mind Control, Divination, Palmistry, History of Influential Vampires, Transfiguration 101, Magical Creatures, Warlocks and Werewolves, Introduction to Wands, Progressive Witchcraft and Introduction to Spells.

For a student to be qualified to enroll in WARTS, he or she must have passed sufficient credentials at a high school that specialized in witchcraft.

Along with an extensive array of classes to choose from, a vast number of clubs, activities and sports will also come to UW-Platteville. Quidditch, a popular sport in the magical world, will be added to the WIAC Division III conference in the fall. A team will be composed and coached under a highly qualified training staff.

“Our biggest concern is getting the team to the national championship,” new head Quidditch coach and mathematics professor Tim Deis said. “The other teams at UW-Platteville seemed to be dwindling in the conference.”

To accommodate the housing need for the new students, a new dormitory named in honor of the chancellor, Scildan Commons, will be constructed in place of the Southwest Road parking lot (Lot 28). This dormitory will only be for students enrolled in WARTS.

“Since we are running low on space for new dorm buildings, it was cheaper to use the land that we already own instead of purchasing new land,” Chancellor Shields said.

To accommodate housing for the incoming students, a 15-story, 5,000-room residence hall will be built on the location of Lot 28. It will cover the entire paved parking space. Each student will have his or her own suite and may bring a pet if desired.

The students will have extra amenities that students of other colleges on campus do not have.

“Students will have five star amenities. Some of these include free room service, maids, personal tutors, a 24-hour mini bar, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a sauna and their own gourmet restaurant on the main floor,” new Dean of WARTS Art Ranney said.

When it comes to parking, current students should not be worried about losing their parking spaces.

“Since most new students will be flying in on broomsticks, extra parking lots will not be needed. There are plenty of parking spaces available for residence hall students in Lot 21, off of Greenwood Avenue. Each WARTS student will need to purchase a $300 broomstick permit to be able to fly in and around the campus,” UW-Platteville Police Sergeant Jason Williams said. “Air traffic control is our biggest concern, along with students casting dangerous spells on each other.”

The university police department will be implementing new ordinances for the WARTS students. These ordinances will be released once the university officers take a break from giving students parking tickets.