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 Colorado At Colorado Springs Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACCT 2010
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 3
Course: ACCT 2020
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 203
Title: Managerial Accounting
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 2030
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Microbiology
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 2130
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Microbiology Lab
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 3050
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 300TR
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 3060
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 300TR
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: BLAW 2000
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 303
Title: Business Law & Ethics
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 1201
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 104
Title: Environmental Chemistry NS
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 1211
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Intro to Oranic & Biochem
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 1221
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life NS
Credits: 5
Course: COMM 2010
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Oral Comm in Work Place
Credits: 3
Course: COMM 3280
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 304
Title: Intercultural Communication IT
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 100
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 100TR
Title: Economics of Social Issues
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 1010
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 2020
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 315
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 386
Title: Evolution Econ Thought
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 1410
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Rhetoric & Writing II
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 1500
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Intro to Lit for Non-Majors
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 301
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 300TR
Title: Advanced Rhetoric and Writing
Credits: 3
Course: FNCE 3050
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Basic Finance
Credits: 3
Course: GES 1000
Credits: 4
Course: GEOS 100TR
Title: Env Sys: Climate & Vegetation
Credits: 4
Course: GES 3200
Credits: 4
Course: GEOS 105
Title: Meteorology NS,SM
Credits: 4
Course: GPS 1010
Credits: 3
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: Gateway Program
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 3590
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 300TR
Title: Latin Am History through Film
Credits: 3
Course: HSCI 2070
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 120
Title: Nutrition in Healthcare
Credits: 3
Course: HUM 399
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Submit syllabus: regi@plu.edu
Credits: Variable
Course: ID 1050
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Quant & Qual Reasoning Skills
Credits: 3
Course: INFS 1100
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Productivty Apps for Workplace
Credits: 3
Course: INFS 3070
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 300TR
Title: Bus Programming Fundamentals
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 1120
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Calculus for Bus & Econ
Credits: 3
Course: MGMT 3000
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Integrated Sklls for Managemnt
Credits: 3
Course: MKTG 3000
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 308
Title: Principles of Marketing
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 2060
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: OPTM 3000
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 309
Title: Creating Value in Operations
Credits: 3
Course: P SC 101
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 231
Title: Current Intl Issues ES
Credits: 3
Course: P SC 110
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: P SC 210
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 200TR
Title: Politics/Policy State/Local
Credits: 3
Course: P SC 301
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 300TR
Title: Women in Politics
Credits: 3
Course: P SC 498
Credits: 1
Course: POLS 400TR
Title: Special Problems Political Sci
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 1000
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 100TR
Title: Introduction to Philosophy
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 2500
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 200TR
Title: Intro to Political Inquiry
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 3030
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 300TR
Title: Political Parties
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 4020
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 400TR
Title: The American Congress
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 4050
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 400TR
Title: Public Opinion/Political Behav
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 4130
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 400TR
Title: Latin Am Politics/Development
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 4450
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 325
Title: Political Thought SO
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 4460
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 400TR
Title: Administrative Law
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 4510
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 400TR
Title: Defendant's Constitutional Rts
Credits: 3
Course: PSC 4980
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 400TR
Title: Special Probs Political Sci
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 1000
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 3620
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: QUAN 2020
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Quantitative Analysis for Busa
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 111
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 4
Course: SOC 1110
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 100TR
Title: Introduction to Sociology
Credits: 4
Course: SPAN 1010
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 101
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 5
Course: SPAN 1020
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 102
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 5
Course: SPAN 2110
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 201
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 5
Course: SPAN 2120
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 202
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3
Course: TCID 2080
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Bus & Admin Writing
Credits: 3