Hi, the Predictive Modeling course primarily focuses on PROC LOGISTIC. So you can check Ron's book to see if he covers PROC LOGISTIC or not. The preparation for the Statistical Business Analyst certification is listed here
http://support.sas.com/certify/creds/sba.html#s1=2 as: Statistics 1 and Predictive Modeling using Logistic Regression. And, most of the people who will pursue these 2 classes have already taken Programming 1 and Programming 2 or will have that level of SAS Programming knowledge.
cynthia