| 1 | To provide a sociological perspective |
| 2 | To provide students with an understanding of the social conditions within which scientific knowledge is produced |
| 3 | To provide students with an understanding of the relationships between scientists and their societies |
| 4 | To teach students alternative methods of acquiring knowledge to science |
| 5 | To provide students with an understanding of the relationships between science and society, science and power, science and economics, and science and politics |