shop class vs course of study

shop class and course of study both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shop class	Yes	No	No	No
course of study	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, course of study is a hypernym of shop class; that is, course of study is a word with a broader meaning than shop class:

shop class: a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)
course of study: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

Other hypernyms of shop class include class, course, course of instruction.

shop class (noun)	course of study (noun)
a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)	education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
	an integrated course of academic studies