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@Oliver Schick
Nhatt, you might want to ask yourself these questions:
Do you want to take a course to address specific weaknesses you might have? It seems that you hint at this when you say that you're not very good at drawing people. If so, it is quite likely that such a specific 'off the peg' course might not address your specific weaknesses. In that case, it might be useful to understand slightly better what it is that you might need help with, and then ask someone who knows the world of art courses well whether there is any course that would be good for you. (I'd always ask a person to find out about this sort of thing, not search on-line.)
Or are you actually interested in the theme of the course irrespective of your potential weaknesses? In that case, go for it.
It sounds a little bit as if you're really interested in the 'drawing a story' course but would perceive the 'faces' course as addressing your specific weaknesses more. Am I guessing correctly?
The way the course description of the 'faces' course is written, it sounds to me as if quite a few other things are involved in it, too, such as capturing a London environment, which can be complex, and placing the figures in it.
I'd generally tend to recommend first to take simple life-drawing classes like the ones Neil took. Life drawing of the human form is pretty much the best school you can get. You get to concentrate on the figure without distractions, and that is very hard, but potentially the most effective and rewarding.