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):Front Range Community College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACC 121
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: ACC 122
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 203
Title: Managerial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: ANT 101
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 102
Title: Human Cultural Diver ES
Credits: 3
Course: ART 110
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Art Appreciation
Credits: 3
Course: AST 101
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 110
Title: Astronomy NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 111
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 111
Title: Biology & Modern World NW
Credits: 5
Course: BIO 201
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 202
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 216
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Human Pathophysiology
Credits: 4
Course: BUS 115
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 216
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Legal Envt of Business
Credits: 3
Course: BUS 226
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: COM 115
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Course: CRJ 110
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 201
Title: Intro to Criminal Justice
Credits: 3
Course: CRJ 127
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: ECO 201
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECO 202
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECO 211
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 200TR
Title: Gender in the Economy
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 121
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: English Composition I
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 122
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: English Composition II
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 201
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Writing for Public Discourse
Credits: 3
Course: GEO 106
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Human Geography
Credits: 3
Course: GEY 135
Credits: 4
Course: GEOS 100TR
Title: Environmenal Geology
Credits: 4
Course: HIS 101
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: West Civ: Antiquity-1650
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 102
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Western Civilization: 16350-P
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 121
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: US History to Reconstruction
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 260
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: US Foreign Relat History
Credits: 3
Course: HUM 121
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Early Civilizations
Credits: 3
Course: HUM 122
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: From Medieval to the Modern
Credits: 3
Course: LIT 115
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Intro to Literature I
Credits: 3
Course: LIT 201
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: World Literature to 1600
Credits: 3
Course: LIT 221
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: British Literature to 1770
Credits: 3
Course: LIT 222
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: British Literature Since 1770
Credits: 3
Course: MAT 103
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: MAT 121
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: College Algebra
Credits: 4
Course: MAT 125
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Survey of Calculus
Credits: 4
Course: MAT 135
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: MET 150
Credits: 4
Course: NSCI 100TR
Title: General Meteorology w/Lab
Credits: 4
Course: MUS 106
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Songwriting
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 141
Credits: 1
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Private Instruction I
Credits: 1
Course: MUS 151
Credits: 1
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Ensemble I: Choir
Credits: 1
Course: PHI 112
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 100TR
Title: Ethics
Credits: 3
Course: PHI 113
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 100TR
Title: Logic
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 101
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: General Psychology I
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 102
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 226
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 330
Title: Social Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 235
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 101
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: THE 105
Credits: 3
Course: THEA 100TR
Title: Theatre Appreciation
Credits: 3
Course: THE 111
Credits: 3
Course: THEA 250
Title: Acting I: Fundamentals CX
Credits: 3