Of course Ophelia is right, that more control over your settings will result in better images after a good bit of practise. More knowledge about how your camera works, will make a bigger difference than any lens. Or as someone once told me: The trick is to see a scene, how your camera sees it and not how your eyes see it. I didn't really understand his point back then (didn't know enough about it), but I remembered it.
So if it's your goal for this year to go manual, then I guess a course is a good way to find out, if you enjoy the more technical side of photography. It can be be quite fun! However, some people don't and that is ok, too. Everyone has their own goals and their own reasons to take pictures.
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