Feature Programs
Loyola ASPIRE is where ambition meets opportunity.
Our professional programs are designed to help you gain in-demand skills, advance your career, and make an impact in your community and beyond. Whether you’re looking to strengthen leadership in Nonprofit Management, master the latest in Digital Marketing, explore the future of AI, build expertise in Human Resources, or advance in Healthcare, ASPIRE gives you the tools, knowledge, and network to grow with purpose.
Explore our practical, career-focused learning in areas that shape industries and communities.
Artificial Intelligence
Harness emerging technology to innovate and solve problems.
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Advanced Al for Digital Marketing
This advanced course is distinguished by its comprehensive and practical focus on applying AI across digital marketing disciplines. It offers in-depth coverage of how AI can be integrated to optimize targeted activities within core areas like SEO, social media, paid advertising, and content creation.
Cost: $979 | Hours: 8 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Certificate Program
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AI For Business and Marketing
This course is designed for professionals who want to harness the power of AI across both marketing and broader business. Learn how to integrate AI into processes, enhance decision-making, and drive innovation and growth across your organization.
Cost: $535 | Hours: 5 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Certificate Program
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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
For decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has been a staple of science fiction stories, but thanks to modern advances in computational capacity and storage capabilities, it's becoming a reality. Today, there are examples of artificial intelligence all around us. The purpose of this course is to provide you with an artificial intelligence practical knowledge foundation.
This course will introduce you to various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) and how we interact with AI as consumers in applications like chatbots and recommendation engines. You'll see how AI provides analytics in business and consider industries that may be transformed or even disrupted by AI implementations. You'll go under the hood to see how computers can "learn" using artificial neural networks and various forms of machine learning. You will review AI applications such as natural language processing, forecasting, and robotics. You'll also learn about the AI development process and how AI will affect the workforce. Finally, you'll consider some of the ethical factors in AI deployment.
Cost: $209 | Hours: 24 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
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Artificial Intelligence for HR Professionals
In Artificial Intelligence for HR Professionals, you will learn about different kinds of artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI. You will then explore how AI impacts talent acquisition, talent development, compensation and benefits, employee relations and engagement, and performance management. This course will explain the benefits and challenges of using AI, which HR responsibilities are best assisted by AI tools, and the importance of human oversight. You will also explore ethical behavior and legal compliance of AI use in the HR field, as well as how AI affects bias and the achievement of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Cost: $105 | Hours: 3 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
Nonprofit Management
Lead with purpose and drive social impact.
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Certificate in Nonprofit Management
This online certificate program introduces learners to key current management issues for nonprofit organizations. Fundraising, board and volunteer development, budgeting, reading financial statements, leadership, marketing, and setting strategic direction are all addressed, and video commentary on these crucial topics will give you insight into how nonprofit professionals apply key concepts in their own organizations.
Cost: $813 | Hours: 44 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Certificate
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Budgeting in a Nonprofit Organization
This intensive 3-day program is designed to equip you with the foundational knowledge and practical skills essential for working as a Behavioral Health Technician. In this specialization, you will learn how to provide effective care and support to individuals facing mental health, substance use, and developmental challenges, all while fostering a compassionate, safe, and recovery-focused environment. As a BHT, you will play a pivotal role in behavioral health settings, assisting with treatment plans, implementing therapeutic techniques, and ensuring clients' physical and emotional well-being. Through this training, you’ll gain the confidence and competence to make a positive difference in the lives of those you serve.
Cost: $105 | Hours: 3 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
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Nonprofit Skills: Measuring Progress for Board Members
This course, aimed at nonprofit board members, is designed to help them understand and oversee the process for measuring nonprofit progress and performance. Self-paced and highly interactive, the course shows learners how to set appropriate organizational goals and how to use key performance indicators to measure the organization's progress. It details different ways of gathering information and analyzing data to measure desired outcomes, and it shows learners how to monitor and assess the progress of the board itself. It includes three case studies that allow learners to apply what they have learned to real-world situations, and it allows learners to download materials that they can use to measure their own organization's progress.
Cost: $105 | Hours: 3 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
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Introduction to Grant Writing
Writing grants is often a critical part of gaining funding for any nonprofit organization's mission. Strategic grant writing aligns the needs of a nonprofit with funding sources, whether foundations, government agencies, corporations, or individuals. This introductory-level, non-credit course offers a guide to the basics of grant writing. The course explores the relationship between grant writing and an organization's strategy for fundraising. It also outlines the six stages of grant writing and highlights grant writing best practices.
Cost: $175 | Hours: 5 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
Digital Marketing
Build strategies that connect and convert.
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Certified Digital Marketing Professional and Professional Certified Marketer (PCM) in Digital Marketing
Learn to pioneer new ways forward in digital rather than just following the crowd. We want to guide you on your way to new opportunities. That’s why we’ve partnered with the American Marketing Association to provide a dual certification which helps real skills get recognized and rewarded. It's meaningful and its working. Learn key digital marketing disciplines. From PPC to SEO, Content to Video, Social and Analytics. Perfect for career switchers, business owners and all marketing professionals seeking to boost their skills. We give you the tools to become a smart and capable player on the digital stage. When you’re done, you’ll be able to create a powerful digital marketing strategy by yourself. The modules are building blocks – of knowledge, of your career, of the brand new Certified Digital Marketing Professional that is you.
Cost: $1442 | Hours: 31 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Certificate Program
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Certificate in Digital Marketing
The Digital Marketing Certificate can help both current marketing professionals, and those wishing new career in digital marketing, with the necessary knowledge and skills. We recommend beginning with Digital Marketing Strategy first and then other courses can be taken in any order. Upon successful completion, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Cost: $648 | Hours: 30 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Certificate Program
Healthcare
Advance your career while improving patient outcomes.
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Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) (Voucher Included)
Clinical medical assistants are skilled multitaskers who help maximize the healthcare team's productivity. Medical assistants enable a healthcare facility to operate more efficiently, which increases revenue and provides a positive experience for patients. For physicians, clinical medical assistants help manage the increasing complexities of practice management and patient care. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job market for medical assistants will grow 16% through 2031, which is much faster than the average job. In this online medical assistant certification course, you will learn a broad range of skills that make medical assistants versatile and valuable, including medical terminology, medical law and ethics, HIPAA rules, scheduling systems, and the importance of certified clinical medical assistants as healthcare team members. You will also be prepared to perform duties from the front office to the back office. These duties include measuring vital signs, assisting with exams, performing laboratory testing, maintaining equipment and supplies, administering injections, obtaining blood specimens, scheduling appointments, registering patients, and answering and returning phone calls.
Cost: $2795 | Hours: 540 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Industry Certificate -
Medical Billing and Coding (Voucher Included)
Whether you are just starting work or transitioning from a different field, there has never been a better time to enter a career in medical billing and coding. More than one million practicing physicians in the U.S. rely on medical billers and coders to receive payment for their services. Medical billing and coding positions are in-demand within medical facilities, health insurance companies, specialty pharmacies, medical suppliers, consulting firms, and national medical coding and billing companies. With the right medical billing and coding training, the opportunities are nearly endless!
Cost: $2995 | Hours: 370 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Industry Certificate
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Sterile Processing Technician (Voucher Included)
Sterile Processing Technicians (SPT), also known as Central Service Technicians, play a critical role in preventing infection by sterilizing, cleaning, processing, assembling, storing, and distributing medical supplies. This online sterile processing technician certification course will train you to work as an SPT and prepares you for the Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) certification offered by the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA). This course also includes a voucher which is prepaid access to sit for the certification exam upon eligibility.
Cost: $2795 | Hours: 190 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Industry Certificate
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Certificate in Violence Prevention and Awareness
Every year across the globe, millions of individuals are affected by violence. In addition to the tremendous physical and emotional toll, violence has substantial medical, lost productivity, societal, and environmental costs. Young people and women are disproportionately affected by violence. This certificate program examines workplace violence, domestic (intimate partner) violence, elder abuse, child abuse, pediatric abusive head trauma, and sexual assault, gender violence, and rape. The outcome of this certificate program is for the learner to describe several key types of violence, risk factors specific to those types of violence, assessment and treatment options, and prevention measures to reduce the incidence of violence.
Cost: $105 | Hours: 13 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
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Certified EKG Technician (Voucher Included)
Electrocardiography (EKG) technicians are vital members of any healthcare team. If you want to join the booming healthcare industry as an EKG tech, this in-depth course will train you to apply, monitor, and measure electrocardiography tests in a flexible, online learning environment. You will also learn key subjects needed to earn a nationally recognized EKG technician certification, such as measuring basic vital signs, performing rapid response procedures, operating an EKG machine, and identifying rhythms. On course completion, you will be prepared to take the Certified EKG Technician (CET), provided by the National Health career Association (NHA). This course offers enrollment with a voucher for the Certified EKG Technician (CET) certification exam. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.
Cost: $1995 | Hours: 170 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Industry Certification
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Certified Outpatient Coder
Medical coding for outpatient facilities is an important skillset to help outpatient hospitals/facilities receive appropriate reimbursement and maintain compliance with coding guidelines and government/payer regulations. The material is presented in a step-by-step manner, and you will learn by completing readings and completing interactive lectures. The course also includes quizzes and exams, so you can test your skills at regular intervals throughout the material. Through these methods, you will learn essential introductory and advanced medical coding skills for outpatient hospitals/facilities.
Cost: $1995 | Hours: 200 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Industry Certification
Data Analytics
Advance your career while turning data into actionable insights.
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Certificate in Data Analytics
This certificate in data analytics provides an overview of topics in statistics and their applications in a variety of fields. This certificate will present the basics of quantitative analysis and its increasing use in today's professional landscape. Learners are exposed to quantitative decision-making tools and techniques, which tie into real-world case studies. Each course in this certificate utilizes games, videos, interactive exercises, quizzes, real world case studies, and other engaging content to ensure rapid mastery of the content and direct application. Course videos and lessons focus on use of both Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.
Cost: $461 | Hours: 30 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Certificate Program
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Data Analysis in the Real World
This course discusses data-driven decision making across a variety of sectors such as healthcare, education, and government. This training course also offers recommendations for decision-making based on data analytics for each sector. The course will begin with an introduction of Big Data, then continue into a deeper dive on its implications within each sector.
Cost: $139 | Hours: 5 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
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Introduction to Data Analysis
Professionals in all industries rely on data to make decisions. By including data in your decision-making process, you can remove some of the guesswork that comes from relying solely on instincts and experience. This course will introduce you to the world of data analysis by exploring the Davenport-Kim three-stage model for quantitative analysis. You will learn about different analytical methods, data quality and management, and visual representations of data. You will also explore research standards and best practices, as well as challenges that may arise as you analyze data. This course will provide you with information you can use to better understand data and its importance in the business world.
Cost: $139 | Hours: 5 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
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Data Analysis for Improving Organizational Performance
When using data analysis to improve organizational performance, it's vital to employ the tools that bring the data to life and keep people engaged in the process. Organizations in both the public and private sectors often use tools and frameworks to deliver the data, and the information the data might suggest, to its staff. This intermediate-level course will explain some of these measures and tools, describe some specific measurements, and explain the relationship between assessment and strategy. Summarizing the data with the correct tool can be the gating factor to reaching staff and effecting changes that spur performance improvement.
Cost: $139 | Hours: 5 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
Human Resources
Strengthen organizational culture and empower people.
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Certificate in Human Resource Management
An effective human resource management strategy is a valuable asset to any company, but those running small businesses often cannot justify designating a full-time HR professional to manage employee relations, compensation, policy-making, performance management, and employee appraisals.
This suite of courses will teach you the basics of managing the benefits and policies that support an effective staff. What does an employer need to know about anti-discrimination regulations? What are the key aspects of pay policies? How can employers avoid the traps of the employee selection process? In this suite of courses, you will discover the answers to these and other important questions.
Cost: $472 | Hours: 21 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Certificate Program
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Data and Human Resource Management
Big data and data analytics are changing how businesses run and managers do their jobs. In this training course, you will explore how human resource managers use data to provide better support to the employees they manage and to contribute to the strategic practices of their organizations. You will learn about different kinds of data and analyses, and you will consider how data collection and organization may factor into problem-solving processes. We will also review issues pertaining to data collection and employee privacy and confidentiality.
Cost: $105 | Hours: 3 | Delivery: Online - Asynchronous - Self Paced | Outcome: Individual Skill Course
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