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):Carroll College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ANZ 107
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 100TR
Title: Intro to Anthrozoology
Credits: 3
Course: BA 100
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: BI 102
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 111
Title: Biology & Modern World NW
Credits: 4
Course: BI 121
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 225
Title: Molecules, Cells, Org NW
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: FNDNS of Cell & Molecular Biol
Credits: 3
Course: BI 123
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: FNDNS of Ecology & Diverstiy
Credits: 3
Course: BI 131
Credits: 1
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Cellular & Molecular BI lab
Credits: 1
Course: BI 171
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Biological Principles
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 225
Title: Molecules, Cells, Org NW
Credits: 4
Course: BI 172
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Biological Principlies II
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 226
Title: Genes, Evol, Div, Ecol, NW
Credits: 4
Course: BI 201
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 4
Course: BI 202
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 4
Course: BI 214
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 4
Course: BI 281
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 330
Title: Genetics
Credits: 4
Course: BI 305
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 4
Course: BI 311
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 368
Title: Ecology
Credits: 4
Course: BI 323
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 352
Title: Comparative Anatomy
Credits: 4
Course: BI 350
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 341
Title: Developmental Biology
Credits: 4
Course: BI 496
Credits: 1
This course does not transfer.
Course: CH 101
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 4
Course: CH 102
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NW
Credits: 4
Course: CH 103
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Accelerated General Chemistry
Credits: 4
Course: CH 112
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life
Credits: 3
Course: CH 301
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 331
Title: Organic Chemistry I
Credits: 3
and this course:
Course: CHEM 333
Title: Organic Chemistry I Lab
Credits: 1
Course: CH 302
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 332
Title: Organic Chemistry II
Credits: 3
and this course:
Course: CHEM 334
Title: Organic Chemistry II Lab
Credits: 1
Course: CH 353
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 403
Title: Biochemistry I
Credits: 4
Course: CH 354
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 405
Title: Biochemistry II
Credits: 4
Course: CO 101
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: CORE 110
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: First Yr Writ: Strange Times
Credits: 3
Course: EN 105
Credits: 1
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: Intro to Engineering
Credits: 1
Course: EN 155
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Robotics & Exper Physics
Credits: 3
Course: ENLE 200
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Literary Studies
Credits: 3
Course: ENLT 410
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 232
Title: Women's Literature IT
Credits: 3
Course: ENWR 102
Credits: 4
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: College Composition
Credits: 4
Course: ENWR 302
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 300TR
Title: Expository Writing
Credits: 3
Course: ES 121
Credits: 4
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: Envt Science
Credits: 4
Course: ES 124
Credits: 3
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: Climate and Environment
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: Climate and Environment
Credits: 3
Course: ES 134
Credits: 1
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: Climate and Environmnet Lab
Credits: 1
Course: GK 201
Credits: 3
Course: GREK 200TR
Title: Ancient Greek
Credits: 3
Course: HI 101
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Topics in Global Hist
Credits: 3
Course: LA 101
Credits: 3
Course: LATN 111
Title: Intensive Latin
Credits: 3
Course: LA 102
Credits: 6
Course: LATN 112
Title: Intensive Latin
Credits: 6
Course: LAS 101
Credits: 3
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: Alpha Seminar
Credits: 3
Course: MA 117
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Diff Equations & Lin Algebra
Credits: 3
Course: MA 131
Credits: 4
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Calculus SIngle Variable Funct
Credits: 4
Course: MA 207
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 200TR
Title: Elementary Statistics
Credits: 3
Course: MUS 109
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 116
Title: Basic Keyboarding AR
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 113
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 100TR
Title: Formal Logic
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 202
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Medieval Philosophy
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 208
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 223
Title: Biomedical Ethics VW
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 261
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Philosophy & Gender
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 104
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 110
Title: Astronomy NW
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 201
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 125
Title: College Physics I NW
Credits: 3
and this course:
Course: PHYS 135
Title: College Physics I Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: PHYS 202
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 126
Title: College Physics II NW
Credits: 3
and this course:
Course: PHYS 136
Title: College Physics II Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: PO 216
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 200TR
Title: American Political Thought
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 105
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 203
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 310
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 370
Title: Gender and Sexuality
Credits: 3
Course: SO 101
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101TR
Title: Intro to Sociology
Credits: 3
Course: SO 225
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 440
Title: Gender and Society A, SO
Credits: 3
Course: SP 101
Credits: 6
Course: HISP 101
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 6
Course: SP 102
Credits: 6
Course: HISP 102
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 6
Course: SP 203
Credits: 6
Course: HISP 201
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 6
Course: SP 204
Credits: 6
Course: HISP 202
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 6
Course: TH 101
Credits: 3
Course: RELI 227
Title: Christian Theology VW
Credits: 3
Course: TH 258
Credits: 3
Course: RELI 368
Title: Fem & Womanist Theol VW
Credits: 3