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):Mt San Antonio College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ANAT 10A
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Introductory Human Anatomy
Credits: 4
Course: ANAT 35
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Anatomy
Credits: 5
or this course:
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 5
Course: ANAT 36
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Physiology
Credits: 5
or this course:
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 1
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Biology
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 12A
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Nat Hist of California SN
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 12B
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Nat Hist of Cali: South Cal
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 12D
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Natural Hist E Sierra Nevada
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 2
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Plant and Animal Biology
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 3
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 116
Title: Introductory Ecology NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 4
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Biology for Majors
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 5
Credits: 3
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Contemporary Health Issues
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 7
Credits: 5
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 5
Course: BUSA 8
Credits: 5
Course: BUSA 203
Title: Managerial Accounting
Credits: 5
Course: BUSC 17
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: BUSC 1A
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: BUSC 1B
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: BUSL 18
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Business Law
Credits: 3
Course: BUSL 19
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Advanced Business Law
Credits: 3
or this course:
Course: BUSA 303
Title: Business Law & Ethics
Credits: 3
Course: BUSM 61
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Business Org and Management
Credits: 3
Course: BUSO 25
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Business Communications
Credits: 3
Course: BUSO 26
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: CHEM 10
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Chem for Allied Health Majors
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 20
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 40
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Intro to General Chemistry
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 50
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 51
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NW
Credits: 5
Course: CISB 11
Credits: 3.5
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Computer Information Systems
Credits: 3.67
Course: COUN 2
Credits: 3
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: College Success Strategies
Credits: 3
Course: DNCE 39
Credits: 0.5-1
Course: FTWL 100TR
Title: Pilates Fundamentals
Credits: Variable
Course: ENGL 1A
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Freshman Composition
Credits: 4
Course: ENGL 1C
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Critical Thinking & Writing
Credits: 4
Course: ENGL 68
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Prep for College Writing
Credits: 4
Course: KINF 10A
Credits: 0.5-2
Course: FTWL 177
Title: Weight Training FT
Credits: Variable
Course: MATH 110
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 100TR
Title: Elementary Statistics
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 180
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 151
Title: Calculus I QR
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 181
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 152
Title: Calculus II QR
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 50
Credits:
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 51
Credits:
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 71X
Credits:
This course does not transfer.
Course: MUS 14A
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: World Music
Credits: 3
Course: NF 10
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Nutrition for Health & Fitness
Credits: 3
Course: NF 25
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 120
Title: Nutrition in Healthcare
Credits: 3
Course: POLI 1
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 1A
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SIGN 101
Credits: 4
Course: ASLS 101
Title: American Sign Language
Credits: 4
Course: SIGN 102
Credits: 4
Course: ASLS 102
Title: American Sign Language
Credits: 4
Course: SOC 1
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3