<p>I have a general understanding of the subject material. Would it be worthwhile to skip the course, and immerse myself in the next rigor instead?</p>
<p>I think there is a difference in knowing the subject material and knowing the skills that applied when using/analyzing/arguing/synthesizing said subject material. An intro course will, of course, introduce you to some early or basic concepts in which the advanced courses will derive from, but the intro course should also be introducing you to the foundation of logical arguments and finding the examples in-text/source and how best to synthesize (and ideally evaluate) the logic or reasoning you are using from the logic or reasoning material.</p>
<p>IMO, it would be like saying you will skip an intro math course because you know the *subject material<a href=“i.e.%20you%20know%20a%20certain%20type%20of%20problem%20as%20a%20certain%20type%20and%20amount%20of%20steps%20to%20produce%20a%20solution”>/i</a>, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you know why those steps are needed or used, which would help you overall when looking at more abstract math problems.</p>
<p>I would take any intro course if I wasn’t already formally educated on the subject. The course isn’t requied before you go into the upper-div or advanced courses?</p>