If you are clever enough to learn these things on your own, why are you then not moving on to advanced courses which will challenge you so that you are getting

If you are clever enough to learn these things on your own, why are you then not moving on to advanced courses which will challenge you so that you are getting better value for your money? Instructors will often consider allowing you to take a class for which you have not taken the prerequisite courses if you can demonstrate you have the knowledge.