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):Irvine Valley College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACCT 1A
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: ARTH 20
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Art Appreciation
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 1
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: The Life Sciences
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 11
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Human Anatomy
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 12
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Human Physiology
Credits: 4
or this course:
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 15
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 5
Course: BIO 3
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Diversity of Life
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 43
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: The Science of Animal Behavior
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 44
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Biology of Human Sexuality
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 80
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intgrtd Bio: Organism to Ecos
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 81
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intgrtd Bio: DNA to Organisms
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 12A
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 331
Title: Organic Chemistry I
Credits: 4
and this course:
Course: CHEM 333
Title: Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 12B
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 332
Title: Organic Chemistry II
Credits: 4
and this course:
Course: CHEM 334
Title: Organic Chemistry II Lab
Credits: 1
Course: CHEM 1A
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 1B
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NW
Credits: 5
Course: COMM 1
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 4
Course: CS 1
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 120
Title: Computerized Info Systems QR
Credits: 3
Course: DNCE 78
Credits: 3
Course: DANC 301
Title: Dance and Culture, ES, GE
Credits: 3
Course: ENV 1
Credits: 3
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: Intro Env Studies
Credits: 3
Course: ETHN 10
Credits: 3
Course: GSRS 100TR
Title: Intro to Ethnic Studies
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 2
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 215
Title: Modern World History C, SO
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 20
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: US History through Civil War
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 21
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: US History from 1870
Credits: 3
Course: HLTH 1
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Health Education
Credits: 3
Course: HLTH 5
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 100TR
Title: Intro to Public Health
Credits: 3
Course: KNES 3B
Credits: 1.5
Course: FTWL 100
Title: Personalized Fitness Prog FT
Credits: 1.67
Course: MATH 10
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 200TR
Title: Intro to Statistics
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 3A
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 151
Title: Calculus I MR, NS
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 3B
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 152
Title: Calculus II MR,NS
Credits: 5
Course: MGT 12A
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 303
Title: Business Law & Ethics
Credits: 3
Course: NUT 1
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 120
Title: Nutrition in Healthcare
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 2A
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Introduction to Physics
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 6
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: TA 27
Credits: 3
Course: THEA 100TR
Title: Intro to Fine Arts in Theater
Credits: 3
Course: WR 2
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: College Writ 2:Critical Think
Credits: 4