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Wizard's Hollow

Charming

by Shelly Manber, Larry Hosken
Answer: MONARCH

Each catalog course description clued two things:

For each class, take the incantation and remove letters from the MIT Charm School class title. For example, FLIPENDO minus PASTA VS NOODLES leaves FI. If the incantation had been FLIPENDOOO, the leftover would have been FIO: we "subtract" only two Os since there are just two in the class title.

101 flipendo pasta vs. noodles FI
102 incendio artful email as a competitive advantage N
103 diffindo evaluation etiquette: how to give constructive feedback to your professors D
104 relashio speaking to girls 101 H
105 aguamenti dating for dummies A
106 reparo besame...besame mucho: kissing etiquette in spain RR
107 stupefy presentation zen: delivering powerful presentations Y
108 imperio making conversation: the art of getting things going P
109 accio be a charming public speaker O
110 petrificus totalus cultured pearls: tips for a diverse workplace T
111 tergeo professional drinking TE
112 incarcerous confessing your love with chocolate: japanese valentine's day etiquette R
113 protego finding true love online: the do's and don'ts of online dating P
114 orchideous bow tie tying and suspender selection H
115 melofors israeli folk dancing experiment O
116 oppugno game theory: the art of the pick-up N
117 erecto samba for scientists E
118 ferula perfect propriety in the new millennium A
119 expecto patronum authentic mexican food vs. the american version PP
120 herbivicus nonverbal communication - job hiring S
121 scourgify finding alumni career advisors Y
122 arresto momentum nonverbal communication/rate your handshake M
123 mobiliarbus library etiquette: information search-a-thon B
124 engorgio approaching strangers O
125 lumos gym etiquette and comfort zone LS

This yields the intermediate message FIND HARRY POTTER PHONE APP SYMBOLS.

This tells you to consider the symbols from a Harry Potter phone game—either Wizards Unite or Hogwarts Mystery. In those games, players cast spells by means of symbols. These symbols look like letters (though some require rotation). The Schedule notes order these and tell rotation:

Thus:

Charms 122
ARRESTO MOMENTUM (M)
Charms 119
EXPECTO PATRONUM (O)
Charms 103
DIFFINDO (N)
Charms 102
INCENDIO (A)
Charms 101
FLIPENDO (r)
Charms 109
ACCIO (c)
Charms 120
HERBIVICUS (h)

M·O·N·A·r·C·h spells MONArCh, the solution.