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):Hawaii Pacific University Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ANTH 2000
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 102
Title: Human Cultural Diver ES
Credits: 3
Course: ARTH 1001
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Arts of Oceania
Credits: 3
Course: ARTS 1000
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Intro to Visual Arts
Credits: 3
Course: ARTS 1003
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Sustainable Art & Design
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 2030
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Anat & Phys I
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 2031
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 205L
Title: Anat & Phys I Lab
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 2032
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Anat & Phys II
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 2033
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 206L
Title: Anat & Phys II Lab
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 2040
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Microbes & Human Health
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 2041
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 201L
Title: Introductory Biology Lab
Credits: 1
Course: BUS 1000
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 1000
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Intro to Chem
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 2030
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 200TR
Title: Intro Organic Chem & Biochem
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life
Credits: 3
Course: CLST 1000
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Great Books, East and West
Credits: 3
Course: COM 1000
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 1011
Credits:
This course does not transfer.
Course: CSCI 1041
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Digital Literacy in Global Soc
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 2010
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 2015
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 1101
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Representations Pacifc Life
Credits: 3
Course: ENVS 1000
Credits: 3
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: The Sustainability Challenge
Credits: 3
Course: FIN 3000
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 302
Title: Business Finance
Credits: 3
Course: HAWN 1100
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 101TR
Title: Beginning Hawaiian I
Credits: 4
Course: HAWN 1200
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 102TR
Title: Beginning Hawaiian II
Credits: 4
Course: HIST 1002
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 215
Title: Modern World History C, SO
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 2001
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: Hist of Wrld Cultures to 1500
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 3558
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 300TR
Title: Living History of Hawaii
Credits: 3
Course: INTR 1000
Credits: 3
Course: GLST 100TR
Title: The International System
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 1101
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Fund of College Math
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 1105
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 1106
Credits: 1
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 1123
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Statistics
Credits: 3
Course: MIS 2000
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Information Tools for Business
Credits: 3
Course: MKTG 3100
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 363
Title: Consumer Behavior
Credits: 3
Course: MKTG 3110
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 467
Title: Marketing Research
Credits: 3
Course: MKTG 4400
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 468
Title: Marketing Management
Credits: 3
Course: MULT 1050
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Point, Shoot, Edit
Credits: 3
Course: MULT 1100
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Foundations of Multimedia Prod
Credits: 3
Course: MULT 3400
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 300TR
Title: Design Systems and Portfolio
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 1000
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Intro Western Classical Mus
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 1710
Credits: 1
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: International Chorale
Credits: 1
Course: MUS 2101
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 200TR
Title: Music in World Culture
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 2400
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 133
Title: Music Theory & Analysis IA
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 3211
Credits: 2
Course: MUSI 300TR
Title: Applied Music
Credits: 2
Course: MUS 3710
Credits: 1
Course: MUSI 300TR
Title: International Vocal Ensemble
Credits: 1
Course: PADM 1000
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Intro to Leadership
Credits: 3
Course: PH 1300
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 100TR
Title: Public Health Ethics
Credits: 3
Course: PH 2020
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Human Disease
Credits: 3
Course: PH 3030
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 300TR
Title: Health Behavior Thry Prog Plan
Credits: 3
Course: PSCI 1400
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSCI 2000
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: Intro to Politics
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 1000
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 3235
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 335
Title: Cultural Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 1000
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 2100
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 201
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 2200
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 202
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3
Course: SWRK 1010
Credits: 3
Course: SOCW 100TR
Title: Intro to Social Work
Credits: 3
Course: UNIV 1000
Credits: 1
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: First Year Seminar
Credits: 1
Course: WRI 1050
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: English Fundamentals
Credits: 3
Course: WRI 1100
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Writing & Analyzing Arguments
Credits: 3
Course: WRI 1200
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Rsch, Argmt, and Writing
Credits: 3