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):American Samoa Community College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACC 150
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Principles of Accounting I
Credits: 3
Course: ACC 151
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 3
Course: ACC 152A
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: ACC 210A
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 203
Title: Managerial Accounting
Credits: 3
Course: ACC 220
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: ART 151
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 181
Title: Hist of Western Art II CX
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 150
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intro to Biological Science
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 111
Title: Biology & Modern World NW
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 150L
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intr to Biological Science Lab
Credits: 1
Course: BIO 180
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Biology I
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 225
Title: Molecules, Cells, Org NW
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 180L
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Biology I Lab
Credits: 1
Course: BIO 181
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Biology II
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 226
Title: Genes, Evol, Div, Ecol, NW
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 181L
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Biology II Lab
Credits: 1
Course: BUS 103
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 140
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Entrepreneurships
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 150
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Financial Math
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 160
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Business Communication
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 170
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 225
Title: Business Ethics VW
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 180
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 260
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 260
Title: Business Law
Credits: 3
Course: DRA 151
Credits: 3
Course: THEA 250
Title: Acting I: Fundamentals CX
Credits: 3
Course: ECO 250A
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 100TR
Title: Principles of Microeconomics
Credits: 3
Course: ECO 250B
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 150
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 100TR
Title: Principles of Economics
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 250A
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 250B
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 150
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Introduction to Literature
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 151
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Freshman Composition
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 250
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 214
Title: Intro to Major Lit Genres IT
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 251
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Sophomore Composition
Credits: 3
Course: GEO 160
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Geography
Credits: 3
Course: HEA 150
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Intro to Health Science
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 150
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: American History I
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 151
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: American History II
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 162
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Pacific History
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 171
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Civilization II
Credits: 3
Course: ICT 150
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Introductions to Computers
Credits: 3
Course: MAT 151
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: MAT 250
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 115
Title: College Algebra/Trig, QR
Credits: 4
Course: MGT 250
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Principles of Management
Credits: 3
Course: MGT 255
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Human Relations & Org Behav
Credits: 3
Course: MKT 195
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Principles of Marketing
Credits: 3
Course: MKT 210
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Principles of Advertising
Credits: 3
Course: MKT 212
Credits: 2
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Marketing & Mngt Pract
Credits: 2
Course: MSL 100
Credits: 1
Course: MILS 100TR
Title: Intro to Army Phys Readiness
Credits: 1
Course: MSL 102
Credits: 3
Course: MILS 100TR
Title: Intro to Military Science II
Credits: 3
Course: MSL 202
Credits: 3
Course: MILS 200TR
Title: Intermed Military Science II
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 150
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 101
Title: Introduction to Music CX
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 165
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Music of the World
Credits: 3
Course: PED 151W
Credits: 1
Course: FTWL 177
Title: Weight Training FT
Credits: 1
Course: PED 152
Credits: 1
Course: PHED 100TR
Title: Beginning Aerobics
Credits: 1
Course: PHIL 150
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 121
Title: The Examined Life VW
Credits: 3
Course: PHSCI 150
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Physical Science
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Physical Science (L)
Credits: 4
Course: PHSCI 150L
Credits: 1
This course does not transfer.
Course: POL 150
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 150
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: Introduction to Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: SAM 101A
Credits: 3
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Conversational Samoan 1
Credits: 3
Course: SAM 111
Credits: 3
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Intro to the Samoan Language
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 150
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SPH 153
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3