The quinmester course described in this guide is intended as an elective for grades 10-12. The student should have considerable background in the social studies and be considering a career in this field. The course emphasizes methods of the social scientist, including research techniques, statistics, historiography, social sampling surveys, case studies, critical analysis of issues, etc. The student does independent work applying the techniques. Some of the goals for the course are that students will: 1) define and identify the basic concepts of history, anthropology, political science, geography, economics, and sociology; 2) formulate generalizations about the purposes of social sciences; 3) list the general steps in social science research; and, 4) apply specific learnings to an individual or group research project dealing with a problem in one or more selected social science disciplines. A wide variety of learning activities and instructional materials characterize the course. The guide provides a close parallel between the behavioral objectives and learning activities. (Related documents are SO 002 708 through SO 002 718, SO 002 768 through SO 002 792, and SO 002 949 through SO 002 970. (Author/AWW)