Passing any of the following courses will raise your member status from Initial Qualification to Basic Qualification:

Boating Skills and Seamanship (BS&S),
Sailing Fundamentals (SF), Boating Safely Course,
America's Boating Course (ABC),
United States Power Squadron (USPS) Public Boating, and
Boat Smart Courses at:
http://www.safeboatingcouncil.org/courses/index.htm or http://www.boatus.org/onlinecourse/generalcourse.htm