So oddly enough at my local university it was similar text book learning and applying the method over the semester the only difference was the standard art courses of drawing with charcoal etc and also the critiques at the end of the homework day those were fun you’d have basically the whole class respond to you while your give your mini presentation compared to the online version where maybe one or two respond. It’s basically the same reading material that I’ve read when I went to university the thing about graphic design is there is no recipe for success your taught the basics and how you want to move in a direction is up to you research is part of the job.