Program Requirements

Bay Path College Core - 40 Credits:

CIT 303 Communication in Criminal Justice
ENG 114 Critical Reading and Responses
ENG 122 Literary Genres
ENG 124 Research and Writing in the Disciplines
EXT 104 First Year Experience: Self Discovery
EXT 105 First Year Experience: Leadership Seminar
EXT 203 Career Development Summit
GOV 100 American Government
HIS History Elective
HUM 101 Fine and Performing Arts
LAR Liberal Arts Elective 
LAW 103 Introduction to the American Legal System 
MAT 120 Statistics
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology I
SCI Lab Science

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice:

Completion of the core 40 credits, as outlined in the Bay Path College Core courses, and the following:

  1. Criminal Justice Core Courses: 120, 201, 221, 255, 290, 320, 330, 340, 345, 370, 400, 410;
  2. CRJ 498 and 499
  3. Two Forensic Science courses: 331 and 440;
  4. Two Legal Studies courses: 249 and 371;
  5. Two Sociology courses: 100 and 200;
  6. Seven additional courses: five general electives and two liberal arts electives.
Elizabeth Dineen, JD
Chair, Criminal Justice Department
Bay Path College
588 Longmeadow Street
Longmeadow, MA  01106
PH: 413.565.1172
800.782.PATH ext. 1172
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