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EIP Proposal (Final) ENGL 1102 Morriah Striplin (Additions); (grammar corrections) Science Professors of UNCC The EIP proposal I wish to research centers on UNCC professors that work within the science departments. I chose this group for a number of reasons but largely because of the ease of access to the subjects for observation and interviews. Over the years I have noticed that both of my professor parents have a great deal of stress and work during the semesters midterms and finals - far more than the average student. This passive observation has sparked my curiosity and gave me a good idea for a research topic, how stress effect teachers, this first question eventually lead to the question of student dynamics within class. I firmly believe that this insight into the hardships of professors will also help students who read my work, as I dont believe many would think to ask about the responsibilities of their teachers. The main question I wish to address is how to expectations on students by teachers change in the higher level courses? I believe this question is relevant to doing well within college because it allows students to know what is expected of them within school. I also wish to address some other questions that tie into the teacher-student interactions and the mentality on the part of the professors. Particularly, do professors suffer from test stress? How does stress effect professors and the origins of professor work stress? I think these are pertinent questions for students who are curious about how professors perceive their work. There are some other aspects of teaching that are worth exploring, such as the differences in duties between professors. These questions correlate to the amount of work a professor devotes to teaching and changes the stress the professor is subject to. I hypothesize that a

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professor who teaches exclusively will have a far different level of stress than a professor who mainly does research verses a teacher who manages.