More education is always good, for everybody. That is a very old adage. But taking a college level course, and paying college tuition, (or worse yet, borrowing for it,) to learn the background of a craft, is kinda silly. Get an organic textbook for a library or a friend, and check it's glossary for 'saponification' -- you'll find one or two pages, which an instructor would talk about for 5 or 10 minutes, if they feel like it. There are way more complex topics to dedicate Organic Chemistry classes -- browse our Organic Chemistry sub-forum and see.