For years I was blaming Microsoft Official Curriculum for different courses for one very simple reason. The courses are technology oriented. In better word you go through all the .NET courses and exams and earn your MCSD credential but still you don't know design patterns. You become an MCDBA without having a good grasp of Normalization and RDBMS. Now guess what? Somebody is an MCDBA who knows SQL Server inside out, yet sucks at delivering a reasonable database model for a solution. This becomes even worse when it comes to SharePoint content management. I have worked with lots of clients that start with SharePoint implementation and in no time end up with a file garbage dump rather than a content management solution. It is obvious, because we never gave them the content management basics. Imagine building a house by just trial and error, without an architect in place.

 Now take a look at this course content for a change:
Architecting Web Content Management Solutions with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 

Hey, it seems like Microsoft response to this need. Or look at this one:

Architecting and Planning the Search Capability in Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007

Actually this is not a new course approach, I have delivered database modeling from Microsoft Official Curriculum 6 years ago. I only believe these courses are not marketed well simply because most of the clients see Microsoft as pure technology provider. SharePoint is a new product with new concepts around it. Consider basics before you get into the technology!

 Cheers
Alireza