Welcome to the PLU Interactive Equivalency Guide. With this tool you can explore how classes from other colleges and universities transfer to PLU. Whether you’re thinking about applying to PLU or you’re a current student, this guide can help you plan for meeting General Education elements and specific major or minor requirements.

We’re frequently adding new schools and classes, so be sure to check back if what you’re looking for is not here. It doesn’t mean a particular class can’t be transferred. You can also reference our list of equivalency guides for Washington community and technical colleges not yet featured in this guide.

Are you a future student with questions about your courses and how they transfer to PLU? Find your Admission Counselor. This guide is meant as a reference to help you in your planning. If you’d like an official evaluation of transferable credit, submit a free PLU Admission Application.

Current PLU students, please contact the Registrar’s Office or your academic advisor if you have questions about transfer credit. In addition to transfer credit equivalencies, currents students can use this tool to determine PLU semester Study Away equivalencies. In the case of Study Away, the credit granted is PLU residential credit. Refer to the Study Away policies through the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education for detailed information regarding credits and grading.

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Use the arrows on the menus below to narrow your search by state and institution. The list will include all classes that have been reviewed and determined to be transferable or not. To further limit your results to only include specific classes, use the check boxes left of the transfer class information. This will allow you to produce a personalized list on a new page. Click the envelope icon to email this personalized list to yourself or anyone else.

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Transferring from(white box):University Of California-Davis Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ASA 189A
Credits: 4
Course: HIST 300TR
Title: Asian American Sudies: Hist
Credits: 2.67
Course: CH 50
Credits: 4
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Chicana & Chicano Culture
Credits: 2.67
Course: CHA 101
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Gross Anatomy
Credits: 2.67
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 2.67
Course: CHA 101L
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Gross Anatomy Lab
Credits: 2
Course: ECON 1A
Credits: 4
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 2.67
Course: ECON 1B
Credits: 4
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 10
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Basic Concepts of Computing
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 120
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Theory of Computation
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 122A
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Algorithm Design & Analysis
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 150
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Operating Sys & Sys Prog
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 152A
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Computer Networks
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 154A
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Computer Architecture
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 20
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Discrete Math for CS
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 30
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Prog&Problem Solving
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 40
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Software Dev&Obj Orien Prog
Credits: 2.67
Course: ENGCS 60
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Data Struc & Programming
Credits: 2.67
Course: FDS&T 10
Credits: 3
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: Food Science,Folklore & Health
Credits: 2
Course: HUM 2A
Credits: 4
Course: HUMA 200TR
Title: Global Humanities Forum
Credits: 2.67
Course: JPNESE 1
Credits: 5
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Elementary Japanese
Credits: 3.33
Course: JPNESE 2
Credits: 5
Course: LANG 102TR
Title: Elementary Japanese
Credits: 3.33
Course: JPNESE 3
Credits: 5
Course: LANG 102TR
Title: Elementary Japanese
Credits: 3.33
Course: MAT 115A
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 300TR
Title: Number Theory
Credits: 2.67
Course: MAT 12
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 140
Title: Precalculus QR
Credits: 2
Course: MAT 135A
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 300TR
Title: Probability
Credits: 2.67
Course: MAT 141
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 321
Title: Geometry NS
Credits: 2.67
Course: MAT 21A
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Calculus
Credits: 2.67
Course: MAT 21B
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 151
Title: Introduction to Calculus QR
Credits: 2.67
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Calculus
Credits: 2.67
Course: MAT 21C
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 152
Title: Calculus II QR
Credits: 2.67
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Calculus
Credits: 2.67
Course: MAT 25
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 455
Title: Mathematical Analysis
Credits: 2.67
Course: MAT 67
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 331
Title: Linear Algebra NS
Credits: 2.67
Course: MGMT 11A
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Elementary Accounting
Credits: 2.67
Course: NPB 101
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Systemic Physiology
Credits: 3.33
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 3.33
Course: NPB 101L
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Systemic Physiology Lab
Credits: 2
Course: NUT 10V
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Nutrition Discoveries/Concepts
Credits: 2
Course: PHYSICS 9A
Credits: 5
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Classical Physics
Credits: 3.33
Course: PHYSICS 9B
Credits: 5
Course: PHYS 153
Title: General Physics I NW
Credits: 2.33
and this course:
Course: PHYS 163
Title: General Physics I Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: PHYSICS 9C
Credits: 5
Course: PHYS 154
Title: General Physics II NW
Credits: 2.33
and this course:
Course: PHYS 164
Title: General Physics II Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: SOC 3
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 100TR
Title: Social Problems
Credits: 2.67
Course: STA 013
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 2.67
Course: STATIST 13
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 2.67