History (B.A.)

CU Degree Requirements*

*Please see the CU degree requirements effective Fall 2023. All enrolled students can also review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion in Degree Works.

With the intention of providing diversity as well as the better understanding of the student's own world, the Department of History mandates key base requirements but also offers upper level course options. To promote a basic knowledge of global cultures the department requires two surveys in American history, two surveys in western civilization, and two surveys from a selection of African, Asian, Muslim world, and Latin American courses. To facilitate understanding of the historian's craft, students must take Historiography and Research and Writing Skills. The remaining fifteen of the thirty-nine academic credits for the major come from upper level offerings of which one course must be in United States, one in European, and one in non-western history.

Please follow the links below to find curriculum guides and other advisement documents for the Department of History at Bloomsburg University.

History (B.A.) Requirements

• History Majors Curriculum Guide Checksheet

History Minor Requirements

Double Major, Liberal Arts — History and Professional Studies (Education) - Citizenship

• Curriculum Guide Checksheet (admitted Summer 2020 or later)
• Curriculum Guide Checksheet (admitted Fall 2017 through Spring 2020)

*Please see the BL degree requirements for students who were enrolled prior to Fall 2023 and remained in the BL Program.  All enrolled students can also review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion in Degree Works.

With the intention of providing diversity as well as the better understanding of the student's own world, the Department of History mandates key base requirements but also offers upper level course options. To promote a basic knowledge of global cultures the department requires two surveys in American history, two surveys in western civilization, and two surveys from a selection of African, Asian, Muslim world, and Latin American courses. To facilitate understanding of the historian's craft, students must take Historiography and Research and Writing Skills. The remaining 15 of the 39 academic credits for the major come from upper level offerings of which one course must be in United States, one in European, and one in non-western history.