My local LQS gives a basic quilting course of 8 lessons. I took it two years ago and as far as I know it hasn't changed since. The first lesson was hand piecing with templates, the next 5 lessons were also hand piecing, but rotary cutting, the 7th lesson was log cabin as paper piecing on the machine and the last lesson was borders and sashing, hand quilting and binding. So really, all techniques were there, but the emphasis was on hand piecing and quilting.
IMHO it's better to at least learn it by hand first, before doing it on the machine. Even if you never do anything by hand after learning how to machine piece and quilt, I think it really helps to have done it by hand, because it helps you understand the process better. Of course, I only use the machine sparingly, because I like hand piecing and quilting so much more, so I might be biased.