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 Hawaii-Maui College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ANTH 150
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 100TR
Title: Human Adaptation
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 200
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 102
Title: Human Cultural Diver ES
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 215
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 101
Title: Intro/Human Biol Diversity
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 225
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 380
Title: Sickness/Madness/Hlth C, SO
Credits: 3
Course: ART 101
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Intro to Visual Arts
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Biology
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 124
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 116
Title: Introductory Ecology NW
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Environment and Ecology
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 124L
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Environment and Ecology Lab
Credits: 1
Course: BLAW 200
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Legal Environment of Business
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 120
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Principles of Business
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 125
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Starting a Small Business
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 100
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Chemistry & Society
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Chemistry & Society (w/Lab)
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 100L
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Chemistry & Society Lab
Credits: 1
Course: COM 145
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 100
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Composition I
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 104
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Intro to Creative Writing
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 209
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 200TR
Title: Business & Managerial Writing
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 250
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: American Literature
Credits: 3
Course: FAMR 230
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: FSHN 185
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 320
Title: Nutrition, Hlth & Performance
Credits: 3
Course: FSHN 285
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 200TR
Title: The Science of Human Nutrition
Credits: 3
Course: GEOG 101
Credits: 3
Course: NSCI 100TR
Title: The Natural Environment
Credits: 3
Course: GEOG 101L
Credits: 1
Course: NSCI 100TR
Title: The Natural Environment Lab
Credits: 1
Course: GEOG 102
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: World & Reg Geography
Credits: 3
Course: HAW 101
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Elem Hawaiian I
Credits: 4
Course: HAW 102
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 101TR
Title: Elem Hawaiian II
Credits: 4
Course: HIST 151
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Civilization to 1500
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 152
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World History Since 1500
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 281
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: Intro to American History
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 282
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: Intro to American History
Credits: 3
Course: HUM 100
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Themes in Humanities
Credits: 3
Course: HWST 100C
Credits: 1
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Hawaiian Cultural Practices
Credits: 1
Course: HWST 100D
Credits: 1
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Hawaiian Natural History
Credits: 1
Course: HWST 107
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Hawaii: Center of the Pacific
Credits: 3
Course: ICS 101
Credits: 4
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 103
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: College Algebra
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 115
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 135
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Pre-Calc: Elem Function
Credits: 3
Course: MGT 120
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Principles of Management
Credits: 3
Course: MGT 124
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Human Resources Management
Credits: 3
Course: MKT 120
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Principles of Marketing
Credits: 3
Course: MKT 160
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Advertising & Promotion
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 105
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 120
Title: Music and Culture CX
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 107
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 120
Title: Music and Culture CX
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 121C
Credits: 2
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Elementary Class Piano I
Credits: 2
Course: OCN 201
Credits: 3
Course: GEOS 200TR
Title: Science of the Sea
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: GEOS 102
Title: General Oceanography NS,SM
Credits: 3
Course: OCN 201L
Credits: 1
Course: GEOS 102TR
Title: General Oceanography Lab
Credits: 1
Course: PACS 108
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Pacific Worlds: Intro
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 110
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: Intro to Political Science
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 100
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 240
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: SCI 122
Credits: 3
Course: NSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Science: Physical Sci
Credits: 3
Course: SCI 122L
Credits: 1
Course: NSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Science: Phys Sci Lab
Credits: 1
Course: SOC 100
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 100TR
Title: Survey of General Sociology
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 101
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 101
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 4
Course: SPAN 102
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 102
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 4
Course: SPAN 201
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 201
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 202
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 202
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 272
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 200TR
Title: Hispanic Culture
Credits: 3