<p>College Board lists History and Social Studies as two different types of classes on their requirements pages. Do colleges consider a History class as a Social Studies class? Say I've taken 3 History classes (World, US I, US II) and 1 "Social Studies" class (say Economics or Psychology), would I meet the requirements for a college that requires no History classes and two "Social Studies" classes?</p>
<p>I don't know how other colleges work, but at BC Social Studies include sociology, econs, and a few other, but no history. History is its own requirement. Obviously different colleges have different requirements. What schools are you looking at?</p>
<p>Definently not top tier schools. Right now Fairfield, Ithaca, Syracuse, Quinnipiac, UConn, UNH and UMass Amherst to name a few. It just baffles me that my high school requires three years of history (actual history classes) and a lot of colleges don't require it at all.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that it works like, if the requirements distingsuish between history and social studies then they are seperate requirements and history does not count towards social studies, but if they ONLY list social studies as a requirement, history is included.</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying. That sounds reasonable as it is pretty much impossible for me to take the 4 required Social Studies classes, that some colleges require, at my high school if history didn't count towards it.</p>