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):Purdue University Main Campus Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: AGEC 21700
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 200TR
Title: Economics
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 20300
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiology
Credits: 4
Course: BSC 1085
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NS,SM
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Anatomy & Physiology I
Credits: 3
Course: CDFS 21000
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: CHM 11500
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NS,SM
Credits: 4
Course: CHM 11600
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NS,SM
Credits: 4
Course: COM 11400
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: COM 21200
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: COM 32500
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 300TR
Title: Interviewing: Prac & Prin
Credits: 3
Course: CRS 20000
Credits: 1
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Prof Dev in Consumer Science
Credits: 1
Course: CS 15800
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: C Programming
Credits: 3
Course: CS 18000
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 144
Title: Intro to Computer Science NS
Credits: 4
Course: CSR 30900
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Leadership Strategies
Credits: 3
Course: CSR 34200
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Personal Finance
Credits: 3
Course: CSR 38600
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Risk Management
Credits: 3
Course: CSR 48400
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 400TR
Title: Consumer Invest & Sav Dec
Credits: 3
Course: CSR 48500
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 400TR
Title: Case Studies in Financial Plan
Credits: 3
Course: CSR 48600
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 400TR
Title: Retirement Plan & Emp Benef
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 25100
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics SO
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 25200
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics SO
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 10600
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: First Year Composition
Credits: 4
Course: ENGL 10600
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: First-Year Composition
Credits: 4
Course: ENGL 20500
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 227
Title: Intro to Poetry & Fiction WR
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 42000
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 400TR
Title: Business Writing
Credits: 3
Course: ENGR 13100
Credits: 2
Course: ENGR 100TR
Title: Trans Ideas to Innovation I
Credits: 2
Course: ENGR 13200
Credits: 2
Course: ENGR 100TR
Title: Trans Ideas to Innovation II
Credits: 2
Course: FN 10500
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 100TR
Title: Nutrition in the 21st Century
Credits: 3
Course: GER 10100
Credits: 3
Course: GERM 101
Title: Elementary German I
Credits: 3
Course: GER 10200
Credits: 3
Course: GERM 102
Title: Elementary German II
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 15200
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: United States Since 1877
Credits: 3
Course: MA 15200
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: College Algebra
Credits: 3
Course: MA 15300
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: College Algebra
Credits: 3
Course: MA 15400
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Alegebra and Trig II
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: MATH 115
Title: College Algebra/Trig, MR,NS
Credits: 3
Course: MA 16500
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 151
Title: Introduction to Calculus MR,NS
Credits: 4
Course: MA 16600
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 152
Title: Calculus II MR,NS
Credits: 4
Course: MA 26500
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 331
Title: Linear Algebra NS
Credits: 3
Course: MGMT 30400
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Intro Financial Mngt
Credits: 3
Course: MGMT 45600
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 400TR
Title: Legal Found for Business II
Credits: 3
Course: MSE 23000
Credits: 3
Course: ENGR 200TR
Title: Structure & Properties of Mat
Credits: 3
Course: MSE 23500
Credits: 3
Course: ENGR 200TR
Title: Materials Property Lab
Credits: 3
Course: MSE 25000
Credits: 3
Course: ENGR 200TR
Title: Physical Properties in Engr
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 11100
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 125
Title: Ethics and the Good Life PH
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 15000
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 233
Title: Formal Logic
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 27500
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: The Philosophy of Art
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 30300
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 300TR
Title: History of Modern Phil
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 172000
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Modern Mechanics
Credits: 4
Course: POL 10100
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 12000
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology SO
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 22200
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 200TR
Title: Intro Behav Neuroscience
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 10000
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology A, SO
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 22000
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 240
Title: Social Problems A, SO
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 30100
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 300TR
Title: Elem Stat Methods
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 31100
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 300TR
Title: Intoductory Probability
Credits: 3
Course: THTR 13300
Credits: 3
Course: THEA 250
Title: Acting I: Fundamentals CX
Credits: 3