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):San Diego State University Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACCTG 201
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 3
Course: AFRAS 170B
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Afro-American History
Credits: 3
Course: AMID 320
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 300TR
Title: Am Indians in Contemp Society
Credits: 3
Course: AMID 400
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 400TR
Title: Am Indian Political Experience
Credits: 3
Course: AMID 460
Credits: 3
Course: LANG 400TR
Title: American Indian Languages
Credits: 3
Course: AMIND 120
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Written Communication
Credits: 3
Course: AMIND 225
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 200TR
Title: Expository Writing & Research
Credits: 3
Course: AMIND 296
Credits: 1
Course: NAIS 200TR
Title: Submit syllabus: regi@plu.edu
Credits: Variable
Course: ANTH 101
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 101
Title: Intro/Human Biol Diversity
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 303
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 300TR
Title: Hist of Ethnological Theory
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 111
Title: Biology & Modern World NW
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 211
Credits: 2
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Fundamentals of Microbiology
Credits: 2
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 2
Course: BIOL 211L
Credits: 2
Course: BIOL 201TR
Title: Intro Microbiology Lab
Credits: 2
Course: BIOL 212
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
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: BIOL 261
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
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: CCS 141A
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: History of the United States
Credits: 3
Course: CCS 275
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 200TR
Title: Sports and Race
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 100
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Intro General Chemistry w Lab
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 130
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Elementary Organic Chemistry
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 200
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 5
Course: COMM 103
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Oral Communication
Credits: 3
Course: CS 107
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Intro Computer Programming
Credits: 3
Course: CS 108
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 144
Title: Intro to Computer Science QR
Credits: 3
Course: CS 237
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 200TR
Title: Machine Org&Assemly Language
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 157
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Comics and History
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 220
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Introduction to Literature
Credits: 3
Course: ENS 118B
Credits: 1
Course: PHED 192
Title: Intermediate Tennis PE
Credits: 1
Course: ENS 200
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 200TR
Title: Intro Exercise/Nutrition Sci
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World History
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 109
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: American Hist to Reconstructio
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 110
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Amer Hist Since Civil War
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 157
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Comics and History
Credits: 3
Course: HUM 101
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Introduction to Humanities
Credits: 3
Course: LATAM 101
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 100TR
Title: Intro Latin American Studies
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 141
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 140
Title: Precalculus QR
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 150
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Calculus
Credits: 4
Course: MIS 180
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Principles of Info Systems
Credits: 3
Course: MUSIC 151
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Intro Mus: American Pop Music
Credits: 3
Course: N SCI 100
Credits: 3
Course: NSCI 100TR
Title: Physical Science
Credits: 3
Course: NUTR 201
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 320
Title: Nutrition, Hlth & Performance
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 101
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 125
Title: Ethics and the Good Life VW
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 102
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 100TR
Title: Intr Phil Knowldge Reality
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 180A
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Fundamentals of Physics
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: PHYS 125
Title: College Physics I NW
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 180B
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Fundamentals of Physics
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: PHYS 126
Title: College Physics II NW
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 182A
Credits: 1
Course: PHYS 135
Title: College Physics I Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: PHYS 182B
Credits: 1
Course: PHYS 136
Title: College Physics II Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: POL S 101
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: POL S 102
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: Intro American & CA GOvt/Pols
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 101
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 230
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 260
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 200TR
Title: Intro Physiological Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: REL S 100
Credits: 3
Course: RELI 100TR
Title: Exploring the Bible
Credits: 3
Course: REL S 101
Credits: 3
Course: RELI 100TR
Title: World Religions
Credits: 3
Course: RWS 100
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Rhetoric, Written Argument
Credits: 3
Course: RWS 200
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Rhet Written Arg Context
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 101
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 119
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 100TR
Title: Elem Statistics Business
Credits: 3
Course: WMNST 325
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 375
Title: Psychology of Women A
Credits: 3