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    Social science is the scientific study of society and human relationships, comprising fields like geography, anthropology, history, economics, and political science. Social studies integrates social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence, and is primarily a school subject. The main difference is that social science objectively studies society, while social studies aims to educate citizens; social science has existed longer and has more defined branches than social studies.

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    Social science is the scientific study of society and human relationships, comprising fields like geography, anthropology, history, economics, and political science. Social studies integrates social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence, and is primarily a school subject. The main difference is that social science objectively studies society, while social studies aims to educate citizens; social science has existed longer and has more defined branches than social studies.

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    Difference Between Social Science and

    Social Studies
    August 20, 2015
    by Hasa
    3 min read
    82
    Though Social science and social studies sound like two similar concepts, they are in actuality,
    two different fields of study. In this article, we are going to look at the difference between social
    science and social studies.

    What is Social Science?


    Social Science is a subject area that studies the society and the relationships among individuals
    within a society. Social Science is categorized into many branches such as Geography (study of
    the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena), Anthropology (study of humans),
    History (study of past), Economics(study of  production, distribution and consumption of goods
    and services), political science(study of theory and practice of politics and the description and
    analysis of political systems and political behavior.) etc. The beginning of Social Sciences dates
    back to the 18th century.  Social Science can be defined as a scientific study field since almost all
    the sub-disciplines use scientific methods to investigate facts.

    Geography, the study of Earth and its features, is a branch of Social Science.

     
    What is Social Studies?
    Social studies can be introduced as the study of both social sciences and humanities. According
    to U.S American National Council for the Social Studies, “Social studies, is the integrated study of
    the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.”  However, social studies is
    most often used as a name of the course taught at schools. Social studies is a relatively new
    term and came  into use in the 20th Century.

    What is the difference between Social Science and


    Social studies?
    As discussed above, the main difference between social science and social studies exist in their
    purpose; in social science, you study the society and social life of human groups while in social
    studies, you study both social science and humanities in order to promote effective citizenry.
    Another difference is that Social science is divided into many branches while social studies is
    divided into two main categories of humanities and social sciences. Though social studies is a
    subject that is taught from primary school onward, social science is only available as a degree
    level course. In addition, social studies is a relatively new term while social science dates back to
    the 18th century.
    Comparison             Social Science           Social studies

    Purpose Studying the society and its individuals promoting civic competence

    History Dates back to Age of Enlightenment Dates back to 20th Century

    Branches Many branches Social science and Humanities

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