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 California-Irvine Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ART HIS 165D
Credits: 4
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: ST in American Art
Credits: 2.66
Course: BIO SCI 1A
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Life Sciences
Credits: 2.66
Course: BIO SCI 98
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Biochemistry
Credits: 2.67
Course: CHEM 51B
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 331
Title: Organic Chemistry I
Credits: 2.67
Course: CHEM 51LB
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 333
Title: Organic Chemistry I Lab
Credits: 2
Course: CRM/LAW J7
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 100TR
Title: Intro Criminology, Law, Societ
Credits: 2.66
Course: EDUC 124
Credits: 4
Course: EDUC 100TR
Title: Multicultural Educ K-12
Credits: 2.66
Course: HUMAN 1A
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: The Humanities Core Course
Credits: 2.66
Course: HUMAN 1B
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: The Humanities Core Course
Credits: 2.66
Course: LINGUIS 3
Credits: 4
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: Introduction to Linguistics
Credits: 2.66
Course: POL SCI 153B
Credits: 4
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: Canadian Politics
Credits: 2.66
Course: POL SCI 179
Credits: 4
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: ST in Public Law
Credits: 2.66
Course: PSYCH 120A
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: Abnormal Psychology
Credits: 2.66
Course: PSYCH 129
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: ST in General Psychology
Credits: 2.66
Course: PSYCH 140M
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: Human Memory
Credits: 2.66
Course: PSYCH 159
Credits: 1
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: ST in Semiotics and Language
Credits: 0.67
Course: PSYCH 174A
Credits: 4
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Asian American Psychology
Credits: 2.66
Course: PSYCH 21A
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: Adolescent Psychology
Credits: 2.66
Course: PSYCH 7A
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: Introduction to Psychology
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 10A
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 100TR
Title: Probability/Stats Social Sci
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 10B
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 100TR
Title: Probability/Stats Soc Sci II
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 10C
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 2.66
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Course: SOCI 200TR
Title: Probability6/Stats SociSci III
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 178C
Credits: 4
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Korean American Experience
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 189
Credits: 2
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: ST in Social Sciences
Credits: 1.33
Course: SOC SCI 1A
Credits: 4
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Principles in Social Sciences
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 2A
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Social Sci Analysis
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 3A
Credits: 4
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Computer Based Research
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 5A
Credits: 4
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Human Geography
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOC SCI 5D
Credits: 4
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: US & World Geography
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOCIOL 164
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 100TR
Title: Sociology of Age
Credits: 2.66
Course: SOCIOL 3
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Social Problems
Credits: 2.66
Course: STATS 8
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 145
Title: Stats for Biologists QR
Credits: 2.67