{"id":1683,"date":"2014-09-19T12:43:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T17:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/?page_id=1683"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:19:19","slug":"dissertator-status","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/students\/graduate\/graduates-resources\/grad-handbook\/dissertator-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissertator Status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students apply for dissertator status by filling out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduateschool\/doctoral-milestones\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Application for Doctoral Dissertator Status<\/a><\/strong> on the Graduate School&#8217;s Doctoral Milestones system. To be eligible for dissertator status, doctoral students must have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>passed their preliminary exam and satisfied the second language requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fulfilled the residence requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>achieved a 3.0 GPA in the doctoral program (Teaching Assistants must maintain a 3.33 GPA to remain eligible for the TA. (See \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/students\/graduate\/graduates-resources\/grad-handbook\/teaching-assistantships\/\">Teaching Assistantships<\/a>\u2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cleared any incompletes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>submitted a brief summary of the dissertation topic in Doctoral Milestones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Students must file an online Application for Doctoral Dissertator Status, located in the online Doctoral Milestones System. To receive Dissertator status in any given semester, students must file the application before the semester begins. Graduate Assistants will receive a pay increase for the next contractual period (as defined by the published\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academics\/calendar.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">academic year calendar<\/a>) if that application is approved by the Graduate School and the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in English before the start of the contractual period. Graduate Assistants who attain Dissertator status between the beginning of the next contractual period and the Registrar\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/onestop\/dates-and-deadlines\/important-dates-by-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">add deadline<\/a>\u00a0will be paid the dissertator rate starting with the first payroll period after the add deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Once students attain dissertator status, continuous registration must be maintained. Students must register for three research\/dissertator credits, i.e. English 990, each semester until the doctoral dissertation is completed, defended and filed with the Graduate School.<\/strong>&nbsp;During Fall and Spring semesters, dissertators must be enrolled for 3 graduate-level dissertation or research credits at the current per-credit dissertator rate. During any summers in which dissertators use University facilities or faculty time, are a fellow or research assistant, or plan to graduate, the dissertator must register for 3 graduate-level credits at the current per-credit dissertator rate in the regular eight week summer session. Three&nbsp;is the minimum and maximum number of credits required per semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Graduate School will monitor the dissertator\u2019s registration every semester to be sure continuous and proper registration is maintained. The Graduate School has the authority to remove from dissertator status any student not in compliance with dissertator regulations. The Graduate School will notify the student and the student\u2019s program unit of dissertator status requirements and of any registration problems. If continuous registration is not maintained, the dissertator will be placed in a default status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the dissertator is placed in default status, the Graduate School will assess a Doctoral Dissertation Degree Completion Fee equal to 12 times the current per credit dissertator fee\/tuition rate. The fee is assessed by the Graduate School at the time the dissertation is submitted to the Graduate School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The completion fee is based on the student\u2019s resident or non-resident status during the last term of registration. If the dissertator fails to register and then re-enters and registers for fewer than four continuous terms before completion, the dissertator must pay the 12-credit fee minus all continuous registration credits paid since the time of re-entry. If the dissertator fails to register and then re-enters and registers for at least four continuous semesters, a completion fee is not assessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dissertators must sign up for three credits of English 990<\/strong>&nbsp;(Research in English) and not English 888 (Candidate for Degree) or 999 (Independent Reading for Ph.D. Candidates).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dissertators who wish to take a graduate course instead of dissertator credits may request an exception from the Graduate School. Interested students should contact the Graduate School Doctoral Specialist for further information about this option and the cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students apply for dissertator status by filling out the Application for Doctoral Dissertator Status on the Graduate School&#8217;s Doctoral Milestones system. 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