School of Nursing Tampa, FL Extended Site Catalog

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Tampa, Florida
Vol. VI, August 2023
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This edition of the LMU Tampa, Florida Off-Campus Site Catalog, is effective August 1, 2023, and supersedes all others. Policies and information related to the Tampa Nursing programs are contained herein. The official Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Catalog is the preeminent source of academic policies and information for LMU.

The policies, programs, curricula, and fees as set forth in this catalog are subject to change at any time at the discretion of LMU. Because of the possibility of change or undetected error, important points of fact and interpretation should be confirmed by the appropriate University official.

It is LMU policy that any established academic course within the curriculum which is not offered within a given three-year period is automatically removed from the curriculum and the LMU Tampa, FL Off-Campus Catalog.

In support of the mission statement and the principles on which it is based, LMU is committed to equal opportunity for all students, staff, and faculty; and to nondiscrimination in the recruitment, admission, and retention of students and the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and retention of faculty and staff.

Lincoln Memorial University reaffirms its commitment to personnel and educational policies that comply with the requirements applicable to equal opportunity/affirmative action laws, directives, executive orders, and regulations to the effect that no person at LMU shall, on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, ethnic/national origin, gender, military status, pregnancy, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other class protected by applicable law, be excluded from participating in, or be denied benefits of, any employment or educational opportunity

Undergraduate degree information, policies, and procedures detailed in the following pages provide a comprehensive view of the way academic life, the center of the Lincoln Memorial University experience, is governed. Graduate program policies and information may be found in the Graduate Program Information section beginning on page 51. Please be aware that policies are subject to change. When such changes occur, students are advised by announcement and schedule updates, including updates on the LMU website.

Summary of Undergraduate Degrees and Programs Offered:

This section includes important university undergraduate academic information and academic policies for nursing. Each section enumerates programs, including course and credit requirements, occasionally followed by important notes. The student is cautioned that the order in which the course requirements appear is not necessarily the order in which the courses should or must be taken; for assistance contact the appropriate academic advisor.

priate academic advisor. Descriptions of undergraduate courses are located in this catalog. It is Lincoln Memorial University’s policy that any established academic course within the undergraduate curriculum which is not offered within a given three-year period may be removed from the curriculum and the Catalog.

For information on graduate degree programs refer to the Graduate Program Information section.

 

In accordance with the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018, Section 367(e) of title 38 (Public Law 115-407), a student who is entitled to educational assistance under Chapter 31, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, or Chapter 33, Post 9/11 GI Bill® *benefits shall be permitted to attend or participate in the course of education during the period beginning on the date on which the individual provides to the educational institution a Certificate of Eligibility for entitlement to educational assistance under Chapter 31 or 33 (a Certificate of Eligibility can also include a “Statement of Benefits” obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs website- eBenefits, or a VAF 28-1905 form for Chapter 31) and ending on the earlier of the following dates: 

  1. The date on which payment from the VA is made to the institution. 
  2. 90 days after the date the institution certified tuition and fees following receipt of the Certificate of Eligibility. 

The university shall not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or require the student to borrow additional funds, in order to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement funding form VA under Chapter 31 or 33. 

Beginning with the terms starting after December17, 2021, students using their Post 9/11 GI Bill will be required to verify their enrollment at the end of each month. Students receiving the Montgomery GI Bill will not be impacted by this change. They are already required to verify their enrollment. 

After December 17, 2021, all impacted students with a US mobile phone number on file with the VA will receive an opt-in text as their next enrollment period approaches. Students who do not have a mobile phone number on file will not be able to use text verify. They will be automatically enrolled into email verification. 

* GI Bill is a registered trademark of the US Department of Veteran Affairs.