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):Northern Virginia Community College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ART 101
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: Hist & Appre of Art I
Credits: 3
Course: BIO 101
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 225
Title: Molecules, Cells, Org NW
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Biology I
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 102
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 226
Title: Genes, Evol, Div, Ecol, NW
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Biology II
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 141
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 142
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIO 150
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 4
Course: BUS 100
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: CHD 109
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 341
Title: Music for Classroom Teachers
Credits: 3
Course: CST 100
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Course: CST 110
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: CST 131
Credits: 3
Course: THEA 250
Title: Acting I: Fundamentals CX
Credits: 3
Course: CST 229
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Intercultural Communication
Credits: 3
Course: DIT 121
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 100TR
Title: Nutrition I
Credits: 3
Course: EDU 160
Credits: 3
Course: EDUC 100TR
Title: Tech of Observ in Early Ed
Credits: 3
Course: EDU 235
Credits: 3
Course: EDUC 100TR
Title: Htlh, Safety & Nutrit Educ
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 111
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: College Comp I
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 112
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: College Comp II
Credits: 3
Course: ENG 125
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 100TR
Title: Intro to Literature
Credits: 3
Course: FRE 101
Credits: 5
Course: FREN 101
Title: Elementary French
Credits: 5
Course: FRE 102
Credits: 5
Course: FREN 102
Title: Elementary French
Credits: 5
Course: HIS 101
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 107
Title: Western Civilizations SO
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 102
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 108
Title: Western Civilizations SO
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 111
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: History of World Civ I
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 112
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 215
Title: Modern World History C, SO
Credits: Variable
Course: HIS 121
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: US History I
Credits: 3
Course: HIS 122
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: US History II
Credits: 3
Course: HLT 141
Credits: 2
Course: NURS 100TR
Title: Intro to Med Terminology
Credits: 2
Course: MTH 154
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Quantitative Reasoning
Credits: 3
Course: MTH 157
Credits: 4
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 4
Course: NAS 161
Credits: 4
Course: NSCI 100TR
Title: Health Science I
Credits: 4
Course: NAS 162
Credits: 4
Course: NSCI 101TR
Title: Health Science II
Credits: 4
Course: PHI 101
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 121
Title: The Examined Life VW
Credits: 3
Course: PHI 227
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Biomedical Ethics
Credits: 3
Course: PHY 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: PHY 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: PSY 200
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 201
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 200TR
Title: Intro to Psych I
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 202
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 200TR
Title: Intro to Psych II
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSY 230
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 200
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 201
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SOC 202
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SPA 101
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 101
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 5
Course: SPA 102
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 102
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 5
Course: SPD 126
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Interpersonal Comm
Credits: 3
Course: STD 100
Credits: 1
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: College Success Skills
Credits: 1