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 Colorado At Boulder Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ANTH 2100
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 200TR
Title: Frontiers of Cultural Anthro
Credits: 3
Course: APPM 1235
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Pre-Calculus for Engineers
Credits: 4
Course: APPM 1236
Credits: 1
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Precalculus Work Group
Credits: Variable
Course: APPM 1350
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 151
Title: Calculus I QR
Credits: 4
Course: APPM 1360
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 152
Title: Calculus II QR
Credits: 4
Course: ASTR 2040
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Search for Life in Universe
Credits: 3
Course: ATOC 1060
Credits: 3
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: Our Changing Environment
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 1113
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: General Chemistry 1
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 5
Awarded when CHEM 1114 also complete.
Course: CHEM 1114
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Lab in General Chemistry 1
Credits: 1
or this course:
Course: CHEM 115TR
Title: General Chemistry I Lab
Credits: 0
Awarded when CHEM 1113 also complete.
Course: CHEM 1133
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: General Chemistry 2
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NW
Credits: 5
Awarded when CHEM 1134 also complete.
Course: CHEM 1134
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Lab in General Chemistry 2
Credits: 1
or this course:
Course: CHEM 116TR
Title: General Chemistry II Lab
Credits: 0
Awarded when CHEM 1133 also complete.
Course: CHEM 1400
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Foundations of Chemistry
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Foundations of Chemistry (L)
Credits: 4
Awarded when CHEM 1401 also complete.
Course: CHEM 1401
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Foundations of Chemistry Lab
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 3321
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 300TR
Title: Lab in Organic Chemistry 1
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 3451
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 300TR
Title: Organic Chem 1 for Majors
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: CHEM 300TR
Title: Organic Chem 1 for Majors (L)
Credits: 4
Awarded when CHEM 3321 also complete.
Course: DNCE 1000
Credits: 2
Course: DANC 252
Title: Begin/Intermed Contemp CX, FT
Credits: 2
Course: DNCE 1027
Credits: 3
Course: DANC 301
Title: Dance and Culture ES,GE
Credits: 3
Course: EBIO 1220
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Biology 2
Credits: 3
or this course:
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Biology 2 (L)
Credits: 3
Awarded when EBIO 1240 also complete.
Course: EBIO 1240
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Biology Lab 2
Credits: 1
Course: ENGL 1001
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Writing, Reading, Culture
Credits: 3
Course: FYXP 1500
Credits: 1
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: First Year Success Seminar
Credits: 1
Course: GEEN 2010
Credits: 3
Course: ENGR 131
Title: Intro to Engineering
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 1025
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: American History since 1865
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 1708
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Intro Japanese History
Credits: 3
Course: IPHY 2420
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 320
Title: Nutrition, Hlth & Performance
Credits: 3
Course: IPHY 2800
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 200TR
Title: Intro to Statistics
Credits: 4
Course: MUEL 1832
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Appreciation of Music
Credits: 3
Course: PACS 2500
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 200TR
Title: Intro Peace & Conflict Studies
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 2220
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Philosophy and Law
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 2440
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Symbolic Logic
Credits: 3
Course: PSCI 1101
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSCI 2004
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 200TR
Title: Survy/Westrn Pol Thought
Credits: 3
Course: PSCI 2012
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 200TR
Title: Intro/Compar Politics
Credits: 3
Course: PSCI 2075
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 200TR
Title: Quant Research Methods
Credits: 3
Course: PSCI 2223
Credits:
Course: POLS 231
Title: Current Intl Issues ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSCI 3311
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 300TR
Title: Gender and US Politics
Credits: 3
Course: RUSS 2211
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 200TR
Title: Intro to Russian Culture
Credits: 3
Course: WGST 2000
Credits: 3
Course: GSRS 200TR
Title: Intro/Feminist Studies
Credits: 3
Course: WGST 2200
Credits: 3
Course: GSRS 200TR
Title: Women/Gender/Lit/Arts
Credits: 3
Course: WGST 2600
Credits: 3
Course: GSRS 200TR
Title: Gender/Race/Class/Global
Credits: 3
Course: WGST 3100
Credits: 3
Course: GSRS 300TR
Title: Feminist Theories
Credits: 3
Course: WGST 3702
Credits: 3
Course: GSRS 300TR
Title: Topics: US Gender/Sex
Credits: 3
Course: WRTG 1150
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: 1st Year Writing/Rhetoric
Credits: 3