, West Point classes in that time were a general liberal arts curricula with some basic study of battlefield tactics. These will include the following:
>French and Spanish
Next to Britain, France and Spain were seen as the most likely foreign powers for the United States to go to war with thus the emphasis on learning those languages. Also Spanish skills were useful in the Mexican War or any other situation involving a Latin American cunt. France was seen as having the world's foremost army and all the top military textbooks were from French authors.
>Drawing human figure, landscape, topography
The first two were not especially useful as military skills.
>mineraology, geology, chemistry
Two of these items were not especially useful to a field officer; geology might be of some use when determining how a battlefield can be used.
>law and literature
Would have been useful (courts martial, rules/articles of war, history) but probably not critical to battlefield success.
>ethics, logic, philosophy
may have contributed to the goal of graduating good men, it may not have had much impact on tactics and strategy.
>tactics, strategy, and administration
the meat and potatoes stuff you actually need to lead an army in battle