<p>what's the difference between a social science course and a history course?</p>
<p>History is history, the study of the past. Social science is the study of society and social behavior. History is a social science.</p>
<p>Social science also encompasses fields such as antropology, behavioral science (psychology, sociology), economics, philosophy (although some would disagree with this), and political science. Basically, what romanigypsyeyes said.</p>
<p>"History is a social science."</p>
<p>That's what I thought. So if a college requires you to take 3 years of history and recommends 4 years of social sciences, then those 3 years of history would count.</p>
<p>^ Yes.</p>
<p>Social science is a broad term that includes history, sociology, government, economics, psychology...</p>
<p>Yep.. That's why for my state's best diploma I have to take 3 Social Studies classes, but 2 of them need to be HISTORY or Geography, so I can't take Governemnt & Econ, Sociology, and Psychology. I have to take Government & Econ, US History, and World History or Geography.. Then I can take Sociology and or Psychology for an elective</p>
<p>Where I live, to graduate, you need 3 social sciences, and 3 are history (global history 1&2 and US History). The other two are government and economics (both half credit, semester long courses).</p>