<p>So I've been browsing collegeboard (I'm a junior) and I was looking at the requirements they had for each college and what courses they want students to have taken. Apparently some schools actually require three years of social studies and three years of history. What does that mean? Are these different types of classes? I've taken Western Civilization, US History I, and AP US History, but do these not count as social studies classes?
Can someone help clarify, please?</p>
<p>anybody? …</p>
<p>Can you provide an example of a school that has separate requirements for history and social studies? Because history is considered a subject within social studies!
Here’s the dictionary definition (from Merriam-Webster [Social</a> studies - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary](<a href=“http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20studies]Social”>Social studies Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster)) :
“a part of a school or college curriculum concerned with the study of social relationships and the functioning of society and usually made up of courses in history, government, economics, civics, sociology, geography, and anthropology”</p>