soft question - How would You encourage graduate students to learn algebraic geometry and/or complex analysis?

Hello,

I am the 3rd year undegraduate student of mathematics.
After I obtain a bachelor degree I want to study maths at graduate level, especially algebraic geometry and complex analysis.
This fields of mathematics are well-represented at my univeristy, so at the first glance this plan looks fine.

Unfortunately almost all of my collegues are not interested in this fields (they think that AG and CA are too technically involved; most of them are interested mainly in functional analysis and topology).
It will have such unpleasant effect on my studies, that most probably the most (or all) of courses in AG and CA in the upcoming year won't start at my university.

So I'll end up learning alone, from books.
It's not that it's a big problem to learn from the book, it's not a problem at all. But I think such learning have no comparison with the regular course, where I could discuss problems and see another approches of other (more gifted) students.

To avoid such situation I may try to convince my collegues to study CA and AG, but I don't have many arguments since I'm still an ignorant in this fields.
And here arise my questions:

1. How would You encourage graduate students to learn algebraic geometry?


2. How would You encourage graduate students to learn complex analysis?