I was a non-degree seeking student at the Automotive College. In general, I felt the theory was useful for my own automotive career, as well as in repairs on my own vehicle. There were a few issues I found with the automotive program. First, what can be learned in the labs can easily be learned working in an auto repair shop. Experience, not theory, ultimately makes for a good technician. For the cost of three classes, you could buy a decent project car, some auto parts, watch YouTube videos, read some books and teach yourself mostly everything covered in these courses. Add the project car on top of working at a shop, you have the recipe for a cost-effective automotive education. My second issue with the program is some of the lab techs and professors can become unnecessarily rude when you ask for help on certain parts of a lab activity. While they don't explicitly state you have to have experience for most of these courses, there does seem to be a tacit expectation you have either been wrenching for a while or you can learn by watching (as opposed to needing to build muscle memory by actually doing). As someone who requires a little more time with the mechanical aspects of auto repair, this expectation put me at a disadvantage when it came to certain department employees' attitudes towards me. I ended up having to teach myself a fair amount of class content using the methods above. Overall, I would summarize Sinclair's automotive program as good for someone seeking an automotive DEGREE. If you're looking for an automotive EDUCATION, the courses can be a good supplement, but as the saying goes, "Experience is the best teacher." And, if I may add another, "College — even Sinclair's automotive program — holds no secret knowledge."Jonathan