Central Mass Campus
Bay Path College launched the Central Mass Campus in 2003. Currently located in the JRD Building on Route 20, two miles east of Sturbridge on the Sturbridge/Charlton line, the Worcester County facility provides a state of the art adult learning experience and features spacious, well-equipped rooms with wireless networked computers, high-speed Internet access, and professional presentation and audiovisual equipment. Bay Path College has also partnered with Tantasqua High School and uses the computer labs and biology classrooms of this facility.
With concentrations available in
- General Business or Executive Management
Gain the competitive edge by developing strong interpersonal, social and leadership skills and the ability to focus a diverse work force toward a common goal.
- Advanced Paralegal Studies*
Students enrolled in the BS in Business program may elect to complete the courses required to earn the Certificate of Advanced Paralegal Studies.
With concentrations available in
- Liberal Studies - Elementary Education - (Grades 1 - 6)
Make a real difference in a child's life…be a teacher. Our program prepares you by combining core classes with observation and teaching experience.
- Liberal Studies - Early Childhood Education - (PreK-2)
Make a real difference in a child's life…be a teacher. Our program prepares you by combining core classes with observation and teaching experience.
- Liberal Arts
Explore all aspects of the liberal arts-fine arts, literature, science, social science and history. Develop an understanding of the factors that shape our lives. This strong liberal arts program provides you with essential skills for graduate school or the workplace.
- Advanced Paralegal Studies*
Students enrolled in the BA in Liberal Studies program may elect to complete the courses required to earn the Certificate of Advanced Paralegal Studies.
Associates degree programs (that you can apply to a bachelor's degree) in:
- Liberal Studies
Earn a flexible Liberal Arts degree that prepares you for entry into a wide variety of bachelor degree programs.
- Business
Gain business and computer knowledge that prepares you for an entry- level position or to continue advanced study towards a bachelor's degree in business.
- Paralegal Studies*
Students enrolled in the associate program take a variety of required general education and legal courses. Graduates receive a Certificate of Advanced Paralegal Studies and an Associate in Science Degree.
Certificate of Advanced Paralegal Studies*
The paralegal studies certificate program is for students who have previously received an associate or baccalaureate degree or who have completed a minimum of 60 credit hours of college courses. Courses include litigation, legal research and writing, computer assisted legal research, employment law, business law, and tort law. All legal studies courses stress practical applications of course content and emphasize the importance of legal ethics to the legal profession.
*Approved by the American Bar Association
*A Legal Studies graduate may work as a paralegal only under the supervision of an attorney and is not authorized to engage in the practice of law. The ABA defines a paralegal or legal assistant as "a person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible"
