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Actuarial Science

Loyola University Chicago

Short-Term CertificateCIP: 52.1304

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Chicago, Illinois

    1032 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Illinois, 60660

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

Auto-populated·from O*NET via SOC 25-1011.00

Skills

SpeakingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingWritingActive LearningJudgment and Decision MakingComplex Problem SolvingInstructingLearning StrategiesMathematicsSystems Evaluation

Knowledge

English LanguageMathematicsAdministration and ManagementEconomics and AccountingComputers and ElectronicsCustomer and Personal ServiceEducation and TrainingLaw and GovernmentSales and Marketing

Abilities

Oral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionWritten ExpressionOral ComprehensionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningProblem SensitivitySpeech ClarityNear VisionCategory FlexibilitySpeech RecognitionMathematical ReasoningNumber Facility

Tasks

  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as financial accou
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Ascertain premium rates required and cash reserves and liabilities necessary to ensure payment of fu
  • Collaborate with programmers, underwriters, accounts, claims experts, and senior management to help
  • Analyze statistical information to estimate mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retiremen
  • Analyze data to determine premium rates required and cash reserves and liabilities necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.
  • Collect fees, commissions, or other payments, according to contract terms.
  • Send samples of clients' work and other promotional material to potential employers to obtain auditi
  • Keep informed of industry trends and deals.
  • Examine documents to determine degree of risk from factors such as applicant health, financial stand
  • Decline excessive risks.
  • Write to field representatives, medical personnel, or others to obtain further information, quote ra
  • Answer agents' questions about insurance coverage.

Technology

Financial analysis softwareData base user interface and query softwareElectronic mail softwareObject or component oriented development softwareComputer based training softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareWord processing softwareInformation retrieval or search softwareCompliance softwareHuman resources softwareAnalytical or scientific softwareData base management system softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP softwareDocument management software

Tools

Carousel slide projectorsCompact digital camerasCompact disk CD playersComputer data input scannersComputer laser printersComputer projectorsConference telephonesDesktop computersDigital calculatorsDigital video camerasDigital video disk DVD playersHandheld microphonesInteractive whiteboard controllersInteractive whiteboardsLaptop computers10-key calculatorsNotebook computersPersonal computersLaser facsimile machinesMulti-line telephone systemsPhotocopying equipmentTablet computers

Work Values

AchievementIndependenceRecognitionRelationshipsWorking ConditionsSupport
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Business Teachers, Postsecondary25-1011.00
  • Actuaries15-2011.00
  • Financial Risk Specialists13-2054.00
  • Insurance Underwriters13-2053.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Short-Term Certificate)

  • Undergraduate course lectures — deliver structured presentations on foundational business topics such as introductory accounting or marketing principles under faculty mentorship in a university classroom setting.
  • Course syllabi and handouts — prepare basic instructional materials following departmental templates and guidelines for an assigned undergraduate course.
  • Student assignments and examinations — evaluate and assign grades using established rubrics provided by the supervising faculty member or department.
  • Classroom discussions — initiate and facilitate guided conversations on business case studies with undergraduate students under the guidance of a senior faculty mentor.
  • Student attendance and grade records — maintain accurate documentation in the institution's learning management system in compliance with departmental policies.
  • Current business literature — read and summarize recent journal articles and trade publications to incorporate relevant developments into course preparation.
  • Professional conferences and associations — attend discipline-specific academic events to begin building scholarly networks and awareness of emerging research.
  • Research projects — contribute to faculty-led investigations in a designated business field, assisting with data collection and literature review under direct supervision.
  • Word processing and spreadsheet software — use standard academic productivity tools to draft course materials, record grades, and organize instructional content.
  • Learning management platforms — upload course materials, post announcements, and respond to student inquiries through institutional software such as a university LMS.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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