How about Canon SX30? Is the college photography class enough?

The camera used in photography class is not how much it costs, but whether it supports full manual operation, that is, there are m files.

From this point of view, sx30 is just an ordinary household telephoto machine, which is enough for ordinary households, but it is not suitable for learning photography. You can consider Canon's A series, which provides abundant manual gears and is cheap. If the budget is sufficient, you can consider Canon's flagship card G 12, which is fully qualified to learn photography and even get started ~