1. Conditioning of Athletes and Care of Injuries
   Physical Education
2. Sports Nursing
   Sports and Alternative Medicine

Even in the 1950s, sports science was offered in universities. They may not have had many of the modern techniques trainers have today, but they still knew how to tape a sprained ankle.

1. Faulkner and Folklore
   Folk Festivals
2. Witchcraft 101
   Intro to Blues and Jazz

You probably won't find this class at many modern universities. However, in 1953 you could receive credit in the physical education department for creating a festival. Oktoberfest anybody?

1. Stage Movement
   RIbbon Dancing
2. Reflexology
   Intro to Acting

In this class, actors learned how to move their limbs on stage as they learned the art of dramatic acting. At modern universities, body language in acting might be in the theater department. However, this class gave you credit toward becoming a gym teacher.

1. The Art of Tanning
   Air and Ocean Currents
2. Ocean Science
   Introduction to Waves

Doesn't it sound great spending the day at the beach? The course doesn't say what beach students would have studied at, but we like to picture the shores of Malibu.

1. Introduction to Weapons
   How to Sink a Battleship
2. Evolution and The Art of War
   War, What is It Good For?

In this class, you'll learn about even the most modern of weapons. Of course, even the most modern weapons are over 60 years old. Perhaps the name of this class should be renamed "History of the Art of War." However, you could impress your classmates with your knowledge of the future.

1. Observations in Weather
   Snow and Hail
2. How to Grow Crops
   Advanced Weather Analysis

It's hard to picture what the most modern meteorological devices would look like. Perhaps that means holding a lightning rod and seeing what will happen. Keep in mind that this is in the pre-computer days. Maybe you could bring your MacBook and show the class the ways of the future.

1. Seminar in Nutrition
   The Art of The American Breakfast
2. Introduction to Diet
   Seminar in Wining and Dining

Nutrition is a field where the research is constantly shifting. Although, trends in modern nutrition probably aren't much different than what were in style in the 1950s. Eggs had a bad reputation for causing heart disease during the 1990s. However, now eggs seem to be on the list of healthy foods again.

1. Tailoring Problems
   I Got 99 Problems and Tailoring Ain't One
2. Introduction to Stitching
   Advanced Textile Techniques

Tailoring isn't as popular now as it was in the 1950s. Back then, tailors had so many problems they had a course for it. Likely, the course would teach you different ways to mend clothing. However, it's more fun to picture a group of tailors sitting around and talking about problems in their relationships.

1. Home Owning for Dummies
   House Planning and Furnishing
2. Housing
   The Art of Furniture

This class probably didn't teach you how to set up your smart home. However, learning the basics of feng shui would probably be helpful for most new college gradates.

1. How to Raise Children
   Laboratory in Child Study
2. Why You Shouldn't Drop Your Child
   Freud and Early Development

A laboratory in child study sounds like the type of class where you learn how to make babies out of a test tube. Maybe that class will be on the register in another 60 years.

1. Introduction to Botulism
   Experimental Cookery
2. Food Science
   Microwave Science

Cooking and chemistry aren't entirely different. However, experimenting with a new chocolate chip cookie recipe seems more delicious than a recipe of different lab chemicals.

1. History of the Far East
   Asian Cultural Studies
2. Peking and the Kings of China
   Tokyo and Beijing: Then and Now

There's no question that the China and Japan you would have learned about in the 1950s would be significantly different than today. Now, they are two of the world's largest economies.

1. Introduction to Horticulture
   The Birds and the Bees (For Trees)
2. Plant Breeding
   Seminars in Plant Genetics

Breeding isn't often a term used with plants. We can only imagine that plant breeding was as simple as leaving a maple tree alone with an oak overnight and coming back in the morning to find an elm.

1. Ancient Drama
   Introduction to Classics
2. Homer and The Simpsons
   Latin and Greek History

This class probably hasn't changed much in the last 60 years. However, now when most people hear "drama," their minds jump to the happenings on reality television. Maybe they had reality television in the days of Pompeii, but the volcanic eruption covered the evidence.

1. The Art of The Deal
   Introduction to Accounting
2. Taxidermy
   Money Management

This class is still offered at most universities today. Learning how to do your taxes is a basic skill that never goes out of style. There might be some subtle differences in the material taught, as well as some differences in tax law. However, it's hard to imagine the class has changed dramatically.

1. Soil Bacteriology
   Introduction to Agriculture
2. Introduction to Dirt and Soil
   Farming

We're not going to lie. This course sounds completely made up. However, bacteriology is a legitimate field of research. It sounds like the kind of field of study a guy might make up when trying to impress a girl at a bar. "Yes, I'm studying ... er... bacteriology. It's very serious."

1. Star Science
   The Stars and You
2. Dancing with The Stars
   Astrophysics

Astrophysics in the 1950s isn't anything like astrophysics now. Pluto wasn't even first discovered until 1930! How powerful do you think the telescopes were back then? Likely the telescopes you would use in the class were equivalent of something you could buy off Amazon today.

1. Drawing
   Human Anatomy
2. The Art of the Colored Pencil
   Techniques in Modern Art

Drawing sounds like a class that would be offered in elementary school. The course was likely geared more toward drawing human figures artistically. However, it's still fun to imagine a group of students in the 1950s all drawing with crayons.

1. How to be Hip
   The Art of The Wardrobe
2. Apparel Analysis
   American Apparel

This class was offered in the art department. If any school was going to offer a fashion class, it makes sense that's it in LA. There's probably an equivalent class as this one offered today. However, art is so subjective it's hard to imagine how you would get graded.

1. Pond Scum 101
   Introduction to Biology
2. Amoeba Reproduction
   Physiology of Protozoa

You'll get to use all the latest laboratory equipment in this class. By today's standards, that might leave something to be desired. However, it's cool to think that even back then people had an understanding of single cell organisms. The composition of pond scum probably hasn't changed much since then...

1. Sociopathic Behaviour
   Charles Manson: A Case Study
2. How to Spot a Sociopath
   Social Isolation and Behaviour

This class is still offered at many universities. Human behavior hasn't changed much in the last 60 years. In fact, it's probably a useful class. It seems like it would be advantageous to be able to recognize sociopathic behavior so that we can better defend ourselves against it.

1. Art History
   The Talkies through History
2. Film Aesthetics
   Film and Photography

In 1953, the top movies would have included War of the Worlds and Roman Holiday. By today's standards, any movies you studied in this class would be considered a classic.

1. Scriptwriting for Beginners
   Writing for the Screen
2. Introduction to Movie Writing
   Television and Movie Construction

If you've ever seen a movie from the 1950s, it's easy to see how screenwriting has changed through the years. Today, dialogue is far less stilted. However, some of the top movies from the 1950s are still regarded as classics today. Filmmakers would have had to be a lot more creative without access to special effects.

1. Open Mic
   Radio Speech
2. Introduction to Singing
   Radio Methods

Radio is largely a bygone medium. However, podcasts have gained popularity in the last decade. What's the future in broadcasting? Perhaps in another 60 years there will be a course about how to properly broadcast a holographic talk show.

1. Fruit Breeding
   Introduction to Horticulture
2. Apples and Oranges
   Intro to Agriculture

Fruit breeding sounds less like a university class and more like a bored botanist's hobby. But who knows, maybe some of the graduates of this class went on to deliver us some new species of our favorite fruits!

1. Introduction to Sociology
   Social Behaviours
2. The Evolution of Human Behavior
   Social Aspects of Physical and Mental Health

This class was offered under the sociology department. Even in the 1950s, people knew that a strong sense of community was linked to social well-being. However, mental health issues weren't as well studied back then. Doctors continued to lobotomize patients until the 1960s.

1. Food Bacterium
   Principles and Practices in Sanitation
2. Food-related Illness and Human Health
   Microbes and Parasites

This class was offered in the public health department. It sounds like it would be useful for anybody entering the food industry. The last thing you want is somebody opening a restaurant without knowing that cooking with raw meat can cause salmonella.

1. Seminar in Opinion and Attitude Research
   The Evolution of Human Behavior
2. How to Win an Argument
   Seminar in the Methods of Human Decision

This class was offered under the psychology department. Who wouldn't want to learn about how to change somebody's behavior?

1. Advanced Antisocial Behavior
   Seminar in Brain Research
2. Introduction to Neuroanatomy
   Psychophysiology of the Brain

Neuroanatomy is a field that has grown significantly since the 1950s. If you could go back in time and enter this class, you'd probably look like a genius. That's not to say we know everything about the brain today. If we did, addiction and other brain disorders wouldn't still exist.

1. Abnormal Psychology
   Sociology
2. Introduction to Neuroanatomy
   Social Science

Abnormal psychology is a class that many universities still offer. However, the research in this field has grown significantly on diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

1. Introduction to Communism
   European History
2. Soviet Influences
   Governments of Western Europe

There has been so much that's happened in Western Europe since the second world war, that you could fill another class with history from 1953 to the present. This class wouldn't even touch on the breakdown of the Soviet Union.

1. Nuclear Physics
   Atomic Structures
2. Seminars in Modern Physics
   Nuclear Reactions

The neutron of an atom wasn't even discovered until 1932. Since then, physicists have found that the particles inside an atom can be further subdivided into quarks.

1. Health for Dummies
   The History of Nursing
2. Development of Modern Health Problems
   Health through History

Modern health issues would look significantly different in the 1950s. Since then, obesity rates in North America have skyrocketed. It's thought that the increased incidence of obesity is caused by eating an increased amount of processed foods and sugar, as well as performing less physical activity.

1. Elementary Games
   Introduction to Recreation
2. Red Rover 101
   Play and Child Development

Doesn't this sound like the most fun class ever? Imagine getting university credit for playing capture the flag! There was probably some class work involved. However, how hard could a test be when you have to fill in the following blank? "Hide and _____"

1. Philosophy of Physics
   Newtonian Philosophy
2. Philosophy of Space and Time
   Philosophy of Space Travel

With the rapid expansion of physics, much of the content in this class probably isn't relevant today. Although, maybe you could engage a student in the class about the possibility of time travel.