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.

How it Works

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):American River College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACCT 301
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: ACCT 311
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 203
Title: Managerial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: ARTH 300
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Art Appreciation
Credits: 3
Course: ARTH 318
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: History of American Art
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 430
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 431
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 5
Course: BUS 300
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 340
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Business Law
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 305
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life NW
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 306
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 200TR
Title: Intro to Organic & Biochem
Credits: 5
or this course:
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life NW
Credits: 5
Awarded when CHEM 305 also completed.
Course: ECE 312
Credits: 3
Course: EDUC 100TR
Title: Child Development
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 302
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 304
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 1A
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: College Composition
Credits: 3
Course: ENGLT 300
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Intro to Fiction
Credits: 3
Course: ENGWR 300
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: College Writing
Credits: 3
Course: ENGWR 301
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: College Comp & Literature
Credits: 3
Course: ENGWR 302
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Advanced Comp & Crit Think
Credits: 3
Course: ENGWR 306
Credits: 0.5
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Advanced Writ Across Curric
Credits: 0.5
Course: ENGWR 362
Credits: 0.5-1
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Writ in the Disciplines: Comp
Credits: 1
Course: FITNS 350
Credits: 2
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Fitness & Weight Control
Credits: 2
Course: FITNS 375
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 200TR
Title: Introduction to Meditation
Credits: 1
Course: HEED 308
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Environmental Hlth Science
Credits: 3
Course: HUM 355
Credits: 3
Course: RELI 100TR
Title: Intro to World Religions
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 400
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 200TR
Title: Calculus I
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 401
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 200TR
Title: Calculus II
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 402
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 200TR
Title: Calculus III
Credits: 5
Course: MUFHL 310
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Survey Mus Hist & Lit to 1750
Credits: 3
Course: MUFHL 311
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Survey Mus Hist/Lit 1750-Pres
Credits: 3
Course: NUTRI 300
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 120
Title: Nutrition in Healthcare
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 411
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 201
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 4
Course: SPAN 412
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 202
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 4
Course: SPEECH 301
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 300
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 301
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: TAFILM 303
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: History of Film: 1880-1950s
Credits: 3