James  E. Trela  Graduate Program Director Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology  University of Maryland Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, Maryland 21250

If you are interested in the the Applied MA in sociology send e mail to trela@umbc.edu.

Jim Trela received an MA (1968) and Ph.D. (1970) from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and has been on the faculty at UMBC since 1973. Academic interests include aging and the life cycle; age and economic well being; age and political behavior.

Winter 2003: Social Problems in an Aging Society (socy 358).

Spring 2003: Basic Concepts in Sociology (socy 101).

                        Community Research Laboratory (socy 607)

Fall 2002: Basic Concepts in Sociology (socy 101)

View the current syllabus for these courses by clicking on the course title.

Basic Concepts in Sociology (socy 101)

Social Problems in an Aging Society (socy 358)

Sociology of Aging (socy 430) (socy 630)

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The relationship between age and gambling and gambling addiction; the social implication of state sponsored gambling and an aging population; social and psychological stimulation of  gambling and its appeal to the elderly.

Spring Office hours:
    M, W, F 11-12:30
   
Academic IV, room 339
mail to:trela@umbc.edu

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