Students who major or minor in history at Bloomsburg bring to their college experience both excellent high school credentials and strong intellectual curiosity. The Department of History provides scholarships for outstanding students; in fact, no major at Bloomsburg University offers more scholarships and fellowships than does the Department of History. The department is dedicated to honing students' intellectual skills and fostering their love of learning, while providing a solid grounding in American, European and world history.

The history faculty is composed of dedicated working scholars who make teaching their first professional priority. The faculty collectively have produced a long list of important books, research articles and conference presentations. They daily bring this professional experience and expertise into the classroom, where it is integrated into teaching that students routinely recognize as excellent. Faculty and secretarial staff members all work constantly to improve service for our students, evident, for instance, in the accessibility of faculty, the variety of internship opportunities available to students and the quality of student advisement.