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):University Of Saint Thomas Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACCT 211
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 202
Title: Financial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: ACCT 213
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 203
Title: Managerial Accounting
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 106
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Women, Medicine, Biology
Credits: 4
Course: BLAW 366
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 303
Title: Business Law & Ethics
Credits: 4
Course: ECON 251
Credits:
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 4
Course: ECON 335
Credits: 4
Course: ECON 322
Title: Money and Banking SO
Credits: 4
Course: EDUC 110
Credits: 1
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Intro to Music Education I
Credits: 1
Course: ENGL 110
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Intensive Writing
Credits: 4
Course: ENGL 121
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Critical Thinking: Lit/Writing
Credits: 4
Course: FINC 321
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Financial Management
Credits: 4
Course: FREN 111
Credits: 4
Course: FREN 101
Title: Elementary French
Credits: 4
Course: FREN 112
Credits: 4
Course: FREN 102
Title: Elementary French
Credits: 4
Course: GEOG 111
Credits: 4
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Human Geography
Credits: 4
Course: HIST 115
Credits: 4
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: The World Since 1900
Credits: 4
Course: HIST 121
Credits: 4
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: US History to 1877
Credits: 4
Course: JAPN 111
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Elementary Japanese I
Credits: 4
Course: JAPN 112
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Elementary Japanese II
Credits: 4
Course: JAPN 211
Credits: 4
Course: LANG 200TR
Title: Intermediate Japanese I
Credits: 4
Course: JOUR 215
Credits: 4
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Writing & Edit for Non-Majors
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 101
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 107
Title: Math Explorations QR
Credits: 4
Course: MGMT 345
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Operations Management
Credits: 4
Course: MGMT 346
Credits: 4
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Materials Management
Credits: 4
Course: MGMT 445
Credits: 4
This course does not transfer.
Course: MUSC 101
Credits: 1
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Piano Skills I
Credits: 1
Course: MUSC 113
Credits: 4
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Music Theory & Aural Skills I
Credits: 4
Course: MUSC 140
Credits: 2
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Music Media
Credits: 2
Course: MUSN 140
Credits: 1
Course: MUSI 100TR
Title: Donne Unite
Credits: 1
Course: MUSP 333
Credits: 2
Course: MUSI 300TR
Title: Voice: Performance
Credits: 2
Course: PHIL 115
Credits: 4
Course: PHIL 121
Title: The Examined Life VW
Credits: 4
Course: PHIL 214
Credits: 4
Course: PHIL 125
Title: Ethics and the Good Life VW
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 104
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 110
Title: Astronomy NW
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 111
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 202
Credits: 4
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 4
Course: QMCS 110
Credits: 4
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Info Process & Prog
Credits: 4
Course: QMCS 220
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 4
Course: THEO 101
Credits: 4
Course: RELI 100TR
Title: Christian Theological Traditio
Credits: 4