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):Kapiolani Community College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ANTH 200
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 102
Title: Human Cultural Diver ES
Credits: 3
Course: ART 101
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Intro to Visual Arts
Credits: 3
Course: ASL 101
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Elem American Sign Language I
Credits: 4
Course: ASL 102
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Elem American Sign Language II
Credits: 4
Course: ASL 201
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 200TR
Title: Interm American Sign Lang I
Credits: 4
Course: ASL 202
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 200TR
Title: Interm American Sign Lang II
Credits: 4
Course: BIOC 141
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Fundamentals of Biochemistry
Credits: 3
Course: COM 201
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 100
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Composition I
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 22
Credits:
This course does not transfer.
Course: ENG 272B
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Literatures of Hawai'i
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 272M
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Cult & Lit: HI, Oceania & Asia
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 273N
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Creative Nonfiction
Credits: 3
Course: FAMR 230
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: FSHE 185
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 320
Title: Nutrition, Hlth & Performance
Credits: 3
Course: GG 103
Credits: 3
Course: GEOS 100TR
Title: Geology of the HI Islands
Credits: 3
Course: HDFS 230
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 151
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Hist to 1500
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 152
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Hist since 1500
Credits: 3
Course: HLTH 110
Credits: 2
Course: NURS 100TR
Title: Medical Terminology
Credits: 2
Course: JPNS 101
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Elementary Japanese I
Credits: 4
Course: JPNS 102
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Elementary Japanese II
Credits: 4
Course: LING 102
Credits: 3
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: Intro Study of Language
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 115
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: MICR 130
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Microbiology
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 3
Course: MICR 140
Credits: 2
Course: BIOL 201TR
Title: Intro Microbiology Lab
Credits: 2
Course: MUS 121Z
Credits: 2
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: 'Ukulele I
Credits: 2
Course: PHIL 101
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 121
Title: The Examined Life VW
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 110
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 100TR
Title: Intro to Deductive Logic
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 250
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Ethics in Health Care
Credits: 3
Course: PHYL 141
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiology I
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 3
Course: PHYL 141L
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiology Lab I
Credits: 1
Course: PHYL 142
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiology II
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 3
Course: PHYL 142L
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Anatomy/Phys Lab II
Credits: 1
Course: PSY 100
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 240
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 200TR
Title: Developmental Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: REL 150
Credits: 3
Course: RELI 100TR
Title: Intro World's Major Religions
Credits: 3
Course: SP 151
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 101
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 101
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 4
Course: SPAN 102
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 102
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 4
Course: SSCI 102
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Society and Food
Credits: 3
Course: ZOOL 141
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human A & P I
Credits: 3
Course: ZOOL 141L
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human A & P I Lab
Credits: 1
Course: ZOOL 142
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human A & P II
Credits: 3
Course: ZOOL 142L
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human A & P II Lab
Credits: 1