Query Loop Based on Pods Relationship

I was able to sort of solve this using this code. Modified from this comment. That said, it works by using a relationship established by the course. It would be much better if I could set the relationship at the program and query from that. If anyone can help with this it would be appreciated!

return [
 'post_type' => 'course', 
 'posts_per_page' => -1,
 'meta_query'        => array(
     array(
            'key'       => 'highlight_for_program',
            'value'     => get_the_id(),
            'compare'   => 'LIKE'
        )
       ),
  'order' => 'ASC',
  'orderby'=> 'title', 
];