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):College Of The Canyons Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ANTHRO 103
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 102
Title: Human Culture Diversity ES
Credits: 3
Course: ASTRON 101
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Stellar & Galactic Evolution
Credits: 3
Course: BIOSCI 106
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Organismal & Environmental Bio
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: BIOL 225
Title: Molecules, Cells, Organisms NW
Credits: 4
Awarded when BIOSCI 107 also complete.
Course: BIOSCI 107
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: BIOL 226
Title: Genes, Evol, Div, Ecology NW
Credits: 4
Awarded when BIOSCI 106 also complete.
Course: BIOSCI 221
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 151
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Preparatory Gen Chemistry
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 201
Credits: 6
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 6
Course: CHEM 202
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NW
Credits: 5
Course: CINEMA 120
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Film Aesthetics
Credits: 3
Course: CMPSCI 111
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Intro Algorithms & Programming
Credits: 3
Course: CMPSCI 182
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Data Struct & Program Design
Credits: 3
Course: CMPSCI 256
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 200TR
Title: Discrete Structures
Credits: 3
Course: CMPSCI 282
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 200TR
Title: Advanced Data Structures
Credits: 3
Course: COMS 100
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: COMS 105
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Course: DANCE 100
Credits: 3
Course: DANC 100TR
Title: Dance Appreciation
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 101
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: English Composition
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 103
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Crit Read, Writ, Think
Credits: 3
Course: GEOLOGY 100
Credits: 3
Course: GEOS 100TR
Title: Physical Geology
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 111
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: US History I
Credits: 3
Course: HLHSCI 100
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Health Education
Credits: 3
Course: HLHSCI 150
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 120
Title: Nutrition in Healthcare
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 140
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 211
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 151
Title: Calculus I QR
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 212
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 152
Title: Calculus II QR
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 213
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 253
Title: Multivariable Calculus
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 214
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 331
Title: Linear Algebra
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 215
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 351
Title: Differential Equations
Credits: 3
Course: PHYSIC 220
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 200TR
Title: Mechanics of Solids & Fluids
Credits: 4
Course: PHYSIC 221
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 200TR
Title: Electricity and Magnetism
Credits: 4
Course: PHYSIC 222
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 200TR
Title: Wave Motion, Heat, Optics
Credits: 4
Course: POLISC 150
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: Intro American Govt & Politics
Credits: 3
Course: PSYCH 101
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSYCH 172
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 200
Credits: 3
Course: GSRS 200TR
Title: Intro to Women's Studies
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 101
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 100TR
Title: Elementary Spanish I
Credits: 4
Course: SPAN 102
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 100TR
Title: Elementary Spanish II
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: HISP 103
Title: Accelerated Elem Spanish
Credits: 4
Awarded when SPAN 101 also complete.
Course: SPAN 201
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 201
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 4