The program begins at the start of the fall semester, usually in late August. The program has academic Common Market approval, observes all academic holidays, and offers no required classes during the summer. Applications must be postmarked by February 15. Applications received with a postmark after February 15 will not be considered. The insurance may be purchased through The University of Memphis at a nominal cost.
Liability insurance is required and is provided through the department.
The University of Memphis is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's first professional, master's, educational specialist's, and doctor's degrees. The University of Memphis is one of 46 institutions in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, the seventh largest system of higher education in the nation. The TBR system enrolls more than 80 percent of all Tennessee students attending public institutions of higher education. The University of Memphis offers equal educational opportunity to all persons without regard to race, religion, sex, creed, color, national origin or disability. The University does not discriminate on these bases in recruitment and admission of students or in the operation of any of its programs and activities, as specified by federal laws and regulations.