This is the 5957th most frequent Korean word.
사회과
"Social studies"
'사회과' signifies the subject of Social Studies as part of the middle school curriculum in this sentence.
중학교에서 사회과는 매우 중요한 과목입니다.
Social studies are a very important subject in middle school.
Here, '사회과' refers to the academic subject of Social Studies in a general educational context.
사회과는 학생들에게 사회적 정보를 가르쳐줍니다.
The social studies teach students social knowledge.
In this sentence, '사회과' is used to specify the educational materials related to Social Studies for elementary education.