Full-time students entering the university with the goal of certification as police officers, and who follow the scheduled coursework, will complete their bachelor?s degrees within four years, followed by a one-year master?s program that includes a full-time academy certification from the Municipal Police Training Committee.

Students who complete the concentration at the baccalaureate level are offered admission to the master?s program and upon completion, are certified by the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC) as police officers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Fitchburg State?s criminal justice curriculum was designed through partnership with the MPTC, evaluating the academy coursework to determine how to best translate it to campus classrooms.