1MASTER OF PLANNING: REFLECTION
Masters of Planning is a separate branch of study of Sociology which is combined by
both theoretical as well as pragmatic approaches to cover and understand the significance of
urbanization, policies, theories, practices and planning laws (Illeris, 2014). It is a
multidisciplinary subject which also deals with training and education regarding positioning
strategies and approaches for an efficient planning for the students. Urban development process
is the most important part of the course of Masters of Planning which prepares the students to
enter into negotiation with developers and landowners.
As I have enrolled in the course of Masters of Planning in the university, I have been
observing and noticing certain problems that have aroused in the learning process of the
discipline. The most important and significant problem that every discipline of sociology face is
the study of the discipline objectively. Sociology is a massive field of study which is
multidisciplinary and multidimensional in nature. The sociologists have tried to deduce a
conclusion with the help of facts, figures and information obtained from qualitative as well as
quantitative methods. However, it has to be remembered that society is not static. Society is
fluid. It changes from time to time according to the dynamics of science and psychology. Culture
and society are ever evolving and is in a constant state of getting rejuvenated and re-invented.
Therefore, to understand the social dynamics and social statics of a particular society, a universal
pragmatic approach is needed, however, it should not be forgotten that, with an amalgamation of
theory as well as pragmatism, a proper study can be conducted but amalgamation of subjectivity
as well as objectivity is difficult to perform and achieve. Sociological disciplines and sub-
disciplines are based on certain rules, theories and practical bases but sociology has not
performed well in the case of objectivity (Illeris, 2014). Every person or individual in a society is
different. An amalgamation of collective consciousness is called a society. A society is the

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