This course is a mandatory faculty subject which discusses the philosophical foundations of social studies education, the concept of PIPS, the aims and functions of social studies education, the history of the development of PIPS in Indonesia, social studies education material from the disciplines of history, economics, geography or other social science disciplines. The relationship between social studies and social science disciplines, learning models and evaluation of social studies learning as well as studying the dynamics of human interaction with the environment. Learning epistemology was developed using expository, explanatory and exploratory approaches