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):Saddleback College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACCT 1A
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: ACCT 1B
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 203
Title: Managerial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: ANTH 1
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 100TR
Title: Biological Anthropology
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: ANTH 101
Title: Intro/Human Biol Diversity NW
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 1L
Credits: 1
Course: ANTH 101TR
Title: Intro/Human Biol Diversity Lab
Credits: 1
Course: ANTH 3
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 100TR
Title: Culture and Language
Credits: 3
Course: ARTH 24
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 383
Title: Studies in Art History CX
Credits: 3
Course: ASTR 20
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: General Astronomy
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 11
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Anatomy
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 12
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Physiology
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as 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: CHEM 108
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life NW
Credits: 4
Course: CHIN 1
Credits: 5
Course: CHIN 101
Title: Elementary Chinese
Credits: 5
Course: CHIN 2
Credits: 5
Course: CHIN 102
Title: Elementary Chinese
Credits: 5
Course: CTVR 3
Credits: 3
Course: THEA 100TR
Title: Hist & Appr Amercn Cinema
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 2
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 4
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 1A
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Prin of Composition I
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 1B
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Prin of Composition II
Credits: 3
Course: FN 50
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 320
Title: Nutrition, Hlth & Performance
Credits: 3
Course: GEOG 1
Credits: 3
Course: NSCI 100TR
Title: Physical Geography
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 15
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: The Vietnam War
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 16
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: History of US to 1876
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 17
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: History of US since 1876
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 19
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 253
Title: 20th-Century U.S. Hist SO
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 61
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: History and Politics of Russia
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 70
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: History of Asia to 1800
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 71
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: History of Asian Since 1800
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 72
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: History of China
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 75
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Intro to Contemporary Mid East
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 10
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 124
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Trigonometry
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 20
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 101
Title: Introduction to Music CX
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 1
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 121
Title: The Examined Life VW
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 12
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 233
Title: Formal Logic
Credits: 3
Course: PHOT 25
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: History of Photography
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 20
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Ideas & Events of Physics
Credits: 4
Course: PS 1
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 1
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 7
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: Dev Psyc - Chldhd thru Adolesc
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 1
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SP 1
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: SP 5
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3