The subjects in the Department of Social Studies required the common society (8 units of general society, Korean geography), national history (6 units), and national ethics (6 units) as compulsory courses, and the subjects of politics (4 units), economics (4 units), society and culture (6 units), world history (6 units), and world geography (6 units) were categorized in the optional courses.
사회과의 교과목으로 공통사회, 국사, 국민윤리를 필수로 편재하고, 정치, 경제, 사회·문화, 세계사, 세계지리를 선택과목에 편재하였다.