I've not seen that program. The riff and lick books I've seen are targeted at the Intermediate player. Beginner resources work through beginner aspects - how to hold and play the bass, basic music theory, timing notes, understanding keys, chords, triads, arpeggio's, scales/modes etc etc. The licks and riffs in the books I've seen are all built from those basics...
So, I'd recommend at least making sure a program you are looking at covers those basics as well, if you don't have a good grasp of them already.
In my self taught and theory noob opinion anyway
