I'm all for such a course, but watch out for region-specific advice. I live in a high-altitude desert, and some typical permaculture techniques work fine, others are complete failures. If the course doesn't get into which techniques work in which environments, I'd encourage you to ask the instructors to look into it more and add it to their curriculum.

the intro course definitely addressed different climates and this one does too. the lead instructor practices permaculture in Arizona and he is all about using shade properly and water harvesting. he specialises in desert agriculture: https://www.permaculturerising.com/andrew-millison

EDIT: I live in a temperate high rainfall area