diff --git a/client/src/components/settings/certification.tsx b/client/src/components/settings/certification.tsx
index 333a2178f68..04ea4860200 100644
--- a/client/src/components/settings/certification.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/settings/certification.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { SolutionDisplayWidget } from '../solution-display-widget';
 import {
   Certification,
   currentCertifications,
+  isCertified,
   legacyCertifications,
   upcomingCertifications,
   type CertificationFlags
@@ -42,69 +43,6 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = {
   openModal
 };
 
-const createCertifiedMap = ({
-  is2018DataVisCert,
-  isA2EnglishCert,
-  isApisMicroservicesCert,
-  isJavascriptCertV9,
-  isJsAlgoDataStructCert,
-  isInfosecQaCert,
-  isPythonCertV9,
-  isQaCertV7,
-  isInfosecCertV7,
-  isFrontEndLibsCert,
-  isRespWebDesignCert,
-  isRespWebDesignCertV9,
-  isDataVisCert,
-  isFrontEndCert,
-  isBackEndCert,
-  isSciCompPyCertV7,
-  isDataAnalysisPyCertV7,
-  isMachineLearningPyCertV7,
-  isRelationalDatabaseCertV8,
-  isRelationalDatabaseCertV9,
-  isCollegeAlgebraPyCertV8,
-  isFoundationalCSharpCertV8,
-  isJsAlgoDataStructCertV8
-}: CertificationFlags): Record<
-  Exclude<Certification, Certification.LegacyFullStack>,
-  boolean
-> => ({
-  [Certification.RespWebDesign]: isRespWebDesignCert,
-  [Certification.JsAlgoDataStruct]: isJsAlgoDataStructCert,
-  [Certification.FrontEndDevLibs]: isFrontEndLibsCert,
-  [Certification.DataVis]: is2018DataVisCert,
-  [Certification.BackEndDevApis]: isApisMicroservicesCert,
-  [Certification.QualityAssurance]: isQaCertV7,
-  [Certification.InfoSec]: isInfosecCertV7,
-  [Certification.SciCompPy]: isSciCompPyCertV7,
-  [Certification.DataAnalysisPy]: isDataAnalysisPyCertV7,
-  [Certification.MachineLearningPy]: isMachineLearningPyCertV7,
-  [Certification.RelationalDb]: isRelationalDatabaseCertV8,
-  [Certification.CollegeAlgebraPy]: isCollegeAlgebraPyCertV8,
-  [Certification.FoundationalCSharp]: isFoundationalCSharpCertV8,
-  [Certification.LegacyFrontEnd]: isFrontEndCert,
-  [Certification.LegacyDataVis]: isDataVisCert,
-  [Certification.LegacyBackEnd]: isBackEndCert,
-  [Certification.LegacyInfoSecQa]: isInfosecQaCert,
-  // LegacyFullStack cannot be handled by this because there are no projects to
-  // be rendered. The new FullStackDeveloper certification is a normal
-  // certification with projects.
-  [Certification.RespWebDesignV9]: isRespWebDesignCertV9,
-  [Certification.JsV9]: isJavascriptCertV9,
-  [Certification.FrontEndDevLibsV9]: false,
-  [Certification.PythonV9]: isPythonCertV9,
-  [Certification.RelationalDbV9]: isRelationalDatabaseCertV9,
-  [Certification.BackEndDevApisV9]: false,
-  [Certification.FullStackDeveloperV9]: false,
-  [Certification.A2English]: isA2EnglishCert,
-  [Certification.B1English]: false,
-  [Certification.A2Spanish]: false,
-  [Certification.A2Chinese]: false,
-  [Certification.A1Chinese]: false,
-  [Certification.JsAlgoDataStructNew]: isJsAlgoDataStructCertV8
-});
-
 const honestyInfoMessage = {
   type: 'info',
   message: FlashMessages.HonestFirst
@@ -239,7 +177,6 @@ function CertificationSettings(props: CertificationSettingsProps) {
 
   const handleSolutionModalHide = () => initialiseState();
 
-  const isCertifiedMap = createCertifiedMap(props);
   const getProjectSolution = (projectId: string, projectTitle: string) => {
     const { completedChallenges, openModal } = props;
     const completedProject = find(
@@ -317,7 +254,7 @@ function CertificationSettings(props: CertificationSettingsProps) {
               <tbody>
                 <ProjectsFor
                   certSlug={certSlug}
-                  isCert={isCertifiedMap[certSlug]}
+                  isCert={isCertified(props, certSlug)}
                 />
               </tbody>
             </Table>
diff --git a/shared/config/certification-settings.test.ts b/shared/config/certification-settings.test.ts
index 98ca17cdbbf..152ca7d1ab1 100644
--- a/shared/config/certification-settings.test.ts
+++ b/shared/config/certification-settings.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import {
   linkedInCredentialIds,
   certToTitleMap,
   certToIdMap,
-  certSlugTypeMap
+  certSlugTypeMap,
+  isCertified
 } from './certification-settings';
 
 describe('linkedInCredentialIds', () => {
@@ -49,3 +50,32 @@ describe('certSlugTypeMap', () => {
     expect(uniqueTypes).toEqual(types);
   });
 });
+
+describe('isCertified', () => {
+  it('should return true if a user has the specified certification', () => {
+    const cert = Certification.RespWebDesignV9;
+    const user = {
+      isRespWebDesignCertV9: true
+    };
+
+    expect(isCertified(user, cert)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false if a user does not have the specified certification', () => {
+    const cert = Certification.JsAlgoDataStruct;
+    const user = {
+      isRespWebDesignCertV9: true
+    };
+
+    expect(isCertified(user, cert)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false if the certification does not exist', () => {
+    const cert = 'NonExistentCert' as Certification;
+    const user = {
+      isRespWebDesignCertV9: true
+    };
+
+    expect(isCertified(user, cert)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/shared/config/certification-settings.ts b/shared/config/certification-settings.ts
index eb95a91ff24..35b18f36a7f 100644
--- a/shared/config/certification-settings.ts
+++ b/shared/config/certification-settings.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,14 @@ export type CertificationFlags = {
   [key in UserCertFlag]: boolean;
 };
 
+export function isCertified(
+  user: Partial<CertificationFlags>,
+  cert: Certification
+): boolean {
+  const certFlag = certSlugTypeMap[cert];
+  return Boolean(user[certFlag]);
+}
+
 // TODO: use i18n keys instead of hardcoded titles
 export const certToTitleMap: Record<Certification, string> = {
   // Legacy certifications