Display WooThemes Sensei featured courses in a page template

gistfile1.php

/**
 * Display Sensei Featured Courses.
 *
 * Displays a list of featured courses.
 *
 * @since  	1.0.0
 * @return 	void
 * @uses  	WP_Query()
 * @link 	http://www.woothemes.com/sensei/
 * @author 	WooThemes
 */
function pasada_display_featured_courses() {
    if ( class_exists( 'Woothemes_Sensei' ) ) {
        global $woothemes_sensei;

        ?>
        <section class="content-section featured-courses clearfix">
            <?php
            $args = array(
                'post_type' 		=> 'course',
                'meta_key'			=> '_course_featured',
                'meta_value'		=> 'featured',
                'posts_per_page'	=> apply_filters( 'woo_sensei_featured_courses_number', 3 ),
            );

            $courses = get_posts( $args );
            ?>

            <?php if ( isset( $courses ) && 0 < $courses ) : ?>

                <header class="section-title">
                    <h2 class="section-title-heading">Featured Courses</h2>
                    <p class="section-title-description">Learn practical skills and in-depth theory from experienced practitioners.</p>
                </header>

                <?php $count = 0; foreach ( $courses as $course ) : $count++;

                    $class = ''; if ( $count == 1 ) : $class = 'first'; endif; ?>

                    <article class="featured-course one-third <?php echo $class; ?>">
                        <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail( $course->ID ) ) : ?>
                            <div>
                                <?php echo esc_attr( $woothemes_sensei->frontend->sensei_course_image( $course->ID, 390, 260 ) ); ?>
                            </div>
                        <?php endif; ?>
                        <header>
                            <h3><a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_permalink( $course->ID ) ); ?>"><?php echo esc_attr( get_the_title( $course->ID ) ); ?></a></h3>
                        </header>
                        <section class="featured-course-entry">
                            <?php if ( isset( $course->post_excerpt ) && '' != $course->post_excerpt ) : ?>
                                <p><?php echo esc_attr( $course->post_excerpt ); ?></p>
                            <?php endif; ?>
<!--                            <p><a class="button" href="<?php /*echo esc_url( get_permalink( $course->ID ) ); */?>">View Course</a></p>
-->                        </section>

                        <div></div>

                    </article>

                <?php endforeach; ?>

                <p class="clear"><a class="button" href="/courses-overview/" title="View the complete course calendar">View all courses</a></p>

            <?php endif; ?>


        </section>

        <?php
        wp_reset_postdata();
    }
}
add_action( 'genesis_before_content', 'pasada_display_featured_courses', 10 );