Social studies aims to promote civic competence through an integrated study of social sciences and humanities. It is taught in primary and secondary schools. Social science deals with human society and relationships through academic disciplines like economics, geography, and history. The main difference is that social studies prepares students for citizenship, while social science studies how society functions through a scientific analysis of human groups and institutions.

1. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
SOCIAL STUDIES AND SOCIAL
SCIENCE

2. SOCIAL STUDIES
• Integrated study of the social sciences and
humanities to promote civic competence.
• The set of concepts related, but not limited to
history, geography, economics, and the study of
cultures.
• It is a course developed by using the disciplines of
social science and taught in primary and secondary
schools.

3. SOCIAL SCIENCE
• A branch of science that deals with the institutions and
functioning of human society and with the interpersonal
relationships of individuals as members of society.
• A science (such as economics or political science)
dealing with a particular phase or aspect of human
society.
• Social Science is a branch of Social Studies.

4. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE
• The objective of the study of social studies is to
promote a healthy citizenry. On the other hand,
social science is a subject that deals with the study
of social life of people or groups of individuals.
• Social Science divided into many branches while
Social studies diveded into two main branches
which is the study of humanities and social
science.

5. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE
• Social Science provide a coordinated systematic study of a
number of disciplines such as economics, geography, history,
on the other hand, social studies help children learned to make
informed and reasoned decisions fo the public good of citizens
of a culturally diverse, democratic society and interdependence
world.
• Social Science deals with the science of society utilizing the
gathering of data and analysis of the data. Whereas, Social
Studies normally deals with the observation of the society.

6. SUMMARIZATION
• So basically the main difference of the two is
Social Studies main goal is to teach students
to become good citizens and civic competent.
While, Social Science is the study on how
people interact with each other.