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):Santa Monica College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACCTG 1
Credits: 5
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 5
Course: ACCTG 2
Credits: 5
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Corp Fin & Managrl Acctg
Credits: 5
Course: AHIS 1
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 180
Title: Hist of Western Art I CX
Credits: 3
Course: ANATMY 1
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Human Anatomy
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 4
Course: ANTHRO 2
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 102
Title: Human Culture Diversity ES,GE
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 15
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Marine Biology w/Lab
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 22
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Genetics & Molecular Biology
Credits: 4
Course: BOTANY 1
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Botany
Credits: 4
Course: BUS 1
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 32
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Business Communications
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 5
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Bus Law & Legal Environment
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 87
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: ERP System: Procurement
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 10
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 11
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 12
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NW
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 19
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life
Credits: 5
Course: CIS 4
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Bus Info Sys w/Applications
Credits: 3
Course: COM ST 11
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Course: CS 3
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Computer Science
Credits: 3
Course: CS 50
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: C Programming
Credits: 3
Course: CS 52
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: C++ Programming
Credits: 3
Course: CS 55
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Java Programming
Credits: 3
Course: CS 56
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Advanced Java Programming
Credits: 3
Course: CS 87A
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Python Programming
Credits: 3
Course: DANCE 42
Credits: 1
Course: DANC 100TR
Title: Contemporary Modern Dance 2
Credits: 1
Course: ENGL 1
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Reading & Composition I
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 2
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Critical Analysis & Intrm Comp
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 21A
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: ENGL 30A
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Beg Creative Writing
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 5
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: English Literature I
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 6
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: English Literature 2
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 10
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Ehtnicity & American Culture
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 11
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: US Hist thru Reconstruction
Credits: 3
Course: JAPAN 3
Credits: 5
Course: LANG 201TR
Title: Intermediate Japnanese I
Credits: 5
Course: JAPAN 4
Credits: 5
Course: LANG 202TR
Title: Intermediate Japanese II
Credits: 5
Course: KIN PE 10
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Fitness Lab
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 11B
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Interm Weight Training
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 11N
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 177
Title: Weight Training FT
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 17
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Boxing for Fitness
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 43A
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Beg Soccer
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 54A
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Beg Tennis, First Level
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 57A
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Beginning Volleyball
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 57B
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Intermediate Volleball
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 57C
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Advanced Volleyball
Credits: 1
Course: KIN PE 58A
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 223
Title: Yoga FT
Credits: 1
Course: LING 1
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Introduction to Linguistics
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 2
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 140
Title: Precalculus QR
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 20
Credits: 5
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 32
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 49
Credits: 6
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 54
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 7
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 151
Title: Calculus I QR
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 8
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 152
Title: Calculus II QR
Credits: 5
Course: MCRBIO 1
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 5
Course: MEDIA 1
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 120
Title: Intro to Media Studies CX
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 3
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Physiology
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 4
Course: PHYSCS 20
Credits: 2
Course: PHYS 200TR
Title: Prep for Calc Based Physics
Credits: 2
Course: PHYSCS 6
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: General Physics 1 w/Lab
Credits: 4
Course: POL SC 1
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: National & CA Govt
Credits: 3
Course: POL SC 2
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: Comparative Govt & Politics
Credits: 3
Course: POL SC 5
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: International Pol Econ/Global
Credits: 3
Course: POL SC 52
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: Contemporary Political Thought
Credits: 3
Course: PRO CR 10
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 277
Title: Foundations of Kinesiology
Credits: 3
Course: PRO CR 11
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Intro to Sports Injuries
Credits: 3
Course: PSYCH 11
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: PSYCH 2
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: Physiological Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: WOM ST 10
Credits: 3
Course: GSRS 100TR
Title: Intro to Women's Studies
Credits: 3
Course: ZOOL 5
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intro to Zoology
Credits: 4