If you really want to do well in your Digital Photography course then the most important pre-requisite is that you will have to be creative. It is the best tool to master the digital photography syllabus. All the variations and technicalities taught in the course are of no use until you have the creativity to employ them appropriately. You need to have that creative bent of mind that would guide you to something new every time. You could learn all the techniques to give new shape and style to the photographs of all kinds but how would you know what to do with them unless you are creative?