{"id":5269,"date":"2020-05-27T23:05:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T03:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/?page_id=5269"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:21:14","slug":"utilizing-approved-course-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/student-success\/utilizing-approved-course-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Using The Approved Course List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-teritary-hero \">\n        <div class=\"section has-none-background has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large \">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-teritary-hero__header\">Using the approved course list<\/h1>\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-teritary-hero__content\">\n                \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore your options and create a flexible pathway to complete your certificate.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap purdue-home-cta-strap--narrow \">\n    <div class=\"section has-none-background\">\n        <div class=\"container has-gold-background purdue-home-cta-strap__container\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap__container--left\">\n                            <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap__content\">THE APPROVED COURSE LIST<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap__container--right\">\n                                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FY-2026-27-Approved-Course-List-4-27-2026-Final.pdf\" target=\"_self\" >Explore Now<\/a>\n                            <\/div>  \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-intro-text has-layout-one-centered \">\n        <div class=\"section has-none-background\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">Understanding the Approved Course List<\/h2>\n                                                \n            <h3 class=\"purdue-home-intro-text__header header-font-acumin\"><\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div        class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid has-none-background \">\n        <div class=\"section has-padding-top-none has-padding-bottom-none\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__cards align-center\">\n                    <div class=\"columns is-multiline\">\n                                                    <div class=\"column is-half-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack has-decoration-line\">\n                                                                        <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtitle\">THE DOCUMENT<\/p>\n                                                                                    \n                                        <h2 class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-title\">\n                                            The Explanation                                        <\/h2>\n\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtext\"><li>Substitution of an additional capstone for one of the required option courses is permitted with our advisor&#8217;s assistance <br><\/li>\n\n<li>OPEN = courses available to all certificate program students, where space permits and prerequisites have been met.<br><\/li>\n\n<li>Review entire list for courses OPEN to all.<br><\/li>\n\n<li>&#8220;X&#8221; indicates courses are cross-listed and therefore either course can satisfy the ENTR requirement.<br><\/li>\n\n<li>* indicates newly approved courses not building into the current ENTR plan of study (myPurduePlan\/Edu Nav). An exception is needed from the ENTR Program.<br><\/li>\n\n<li>Pay attention to Notes and Prerequisites.<br><\/li>\n\n<li>Look for courses that might be required in major plan of study anyway and \u201cdouble duty\u201d in those courses towards certificate completion \u2013 reducing overall course needs.<br><\/li>\n\n<li>Review with your advisor too!<br><\/li>\n\n<li><b>Always refer to the website for the most up to date Approved Course List.<\/b><\/li><\/p>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"column is-half-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack has-decoration-line\">\n                                                                        <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtitle\">EXAMPLES<\/p>\n                                                                                    \n                                        <h2 class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-title\">\n                                            Ways to Leverage                                        <\/h2>\n\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtext\"><br><b>AGEC 33100<\/b>:\u00a0Professional Agricultural Selling. This course is \u201cOPEN\u201d to all majors and has no prerequisites. It can serve as both a required and option course for Ag students as well as other majors \u2013\u00a0reducing overall course needs. <br><br>\n\n<b>EPICS Courses<\/b>:\u00a0Engineering Projects in Community Service. Participation can count towards Certificate completion. Students in all majors are welcomed to participate. <br><br>\n\n<b>Great Issues Courses<\/b>:\u00a0All Great Issues courses can serve as options courses for College of Science students \u2013\u00a0reducing overall course needs.<\/p>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap purdue-home-cta-strap--narrow \">\n    <div class=\"section has-none-background\">\n        <div class=\"container has-gray-background purdue-home-cta-strap__container\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap__container--left\">\n                            <h2 class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap__subTitle\">\n                    Questions?            <\/h2>\n                            <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap__content\">Contact us for more information!<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-strap__container--right\">\n                                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"mailto:entrcert@purdue.edu\"  target=\"_blank\">Reach Out<\/a>\n                            <\/div>  \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3539,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5269","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5269"}],"version-history":[{"count":141,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13459,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5269\/revisions\/13459"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}