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):Butler University Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: AR 210-MA
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 100TR
Title: Statistically Speaking
Credits: 3
Course: CCM 470
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 400TR
Title: Sports, Media & Culture
Credits: 3
Course: CME 102
Credits: 4
Course: COMA 120
Title: Intro to Media Studies CX
Credits: 4
Course: CME 106
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Survey of Digital Media
Credits: 3
Course: CME 215
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Fundamentals of Videography
Credits: 3
Course: CME 302
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 300TR
Title: Video Production II
Credits: 3
Course: CME 452
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 421
Title: Media, Ethics & the Law
Credits: 3
Course: COM 101
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Rhetoric and the American Demo
Credits: 3
Course: EC 231
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: EC 232
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: EC 342
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 300TR
Title: Law and Economics
Credits: 3
Course: EC 354
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 301
Title: Interm. Micro Analysis
Credits: 3
Course: EC 433
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 331
Title: Intl Trade&Commercial Policy
Credits: 3
Course: EC 495
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 100TR
Title: Submit syllabus: regi@plu.edu
Credits: Variable
Course: FYS 101
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: First-Year Seminar (Topics)
Credits: 3
Course: FYS 102
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 102TR
Title: First-Year Seminar (Topics)
Credits: 3
Course: JR 112
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: News Writing Print
Credits: 3
Course: JR 113
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: News Writing Electronic
Credits: 3
Course: JR 235
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Digital Journalism
Credits: 3
Course: JR 309
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 300TR
Title: Feature Writing
Credits: 3
Course: JR 312
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 401
Title: Issues in Media/Visual Culture
Credits: 3
Course: JR 355
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 300TR
Title: Sports Journalism
Credits: 3
Course: JR 358
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 300TR
Title: Perspectives in Sports Media
Credits: 3
Course: JR 407
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 400TR
Title: Sportscasting
Credits: 3
Course: JR 409
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 400TR
Title: Media Economics and Regulation
Credits: 3
Course: JR 427
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Submit syllabus: regi@plu.edu
Credits: Variable
Course: MA 125
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 128
Title: Linear Models & Calculus QR
Credits: 3
Course: MS 100
Credits: 1
This course does not transfer.
Course: MS 264
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: MS 265
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: NW 200-BI
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Biology and Society
Credits: 5
Course: PWB 125-PE
Credits: 1
Course: PHED 100TR
Title: T'ai Chi
Credits: 1
Course: SP 101
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 101
Title: Elementary Spanish I
Credits: 4
Course: SP 102
Credits: 4
Course: HISP 102
Title: Elementary Spanish II
Credits: 4
Course: SP 203
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 201
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3
Course: SP 204
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 202
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3
Course: SW 266-COM
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Media Literacy
Credits: 3
Course: TI 238-HST
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: Major Themes in Asian History
Credits: 3
Course: TI 243-PL
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 121
Title: The Examined Life VW
Credits: 3