Over the past century, science and technology have increasingly permeated everyday life, while institutionalizing and growing in status domestically and globally. Scientific and technological knowledge has become a dominant form of knowledge, overshadowing and overpowering other authoritative forms. This course will explore fundamental sociological theory of science and technology from Sociology and Science and Technology Studies. It will also introduce students to exemplary research in these domains. All inquiry will analyze science and technology from the perspective of its relationship to race, gender, sexuality, and postcoloniality.