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):Cascadia College Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ARTH 142
Credits: 5
Course: ARTD 100TR
Title: The Modern Era:Survey of Art 3
Credits: 3.33
Course: BIOL& 170
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Human Biology
Credits: 3.33
Course: BIOL& 211
Credits: 6
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Majors Cellular
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL& 212
Credits: 6
Course: BIOL 225
Title: Molecules, Cells, Organisms NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL& 213
Credits: 6
Course: BIOL 226
Title: Genes, Evol, Div, Ecology NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL& 241
Credits: 6
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL& 242
Credits: 6
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL& 260
Credits: 5
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 3.33
Course: CHEM& 121
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 104
Title: Environmental Chemistry NW
Credits: 3.33
Course: CHEM& 131
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 105
Title: Chemistry of Life
Credits: 3.33
Course: CHEM& 139
Credits: 5
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: General Chemistry Preparation
Credits: 3.33
Course: CHEM& 161
Credits: 6
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: General Chemistry w/Lab I
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM& 162
Credits: 6
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM& 163
Credits: 6
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NW
Credits: 4
Course: CMST& 101
Credits: 5
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3.33
Course: CMST& 102
Credits: 5
Course: COMA 120
Title: Intro to Media Studies CX
Credits: 3.33
Course: CMST 201
Credits: 5
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: American Cinema
Credits: 3.33
Course: CMST& 210
Credits: 5
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3.33
Course: CMST& 220
Credits: 5
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3.33
Course: CMST& 230
Credits: 5
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Small Group Comm-Leadership Dy
Credits: 3.33
Course: COLL 101
Credits: 5
Course: GENR 100TR
Title: College Strategies
Credits: 3.33
Course: ENGL& 101
Credits: 5
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: English Composition I
Credits: 3.33
Course: ENGL& 102
Credits: 5
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: English Composition II
Credits: 3.33
Course: ENGL 274
Credits: 5
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Writing Poetry
Credits: 3.33
Course: GS 101
Credits: 5
Course: GLST 100TR
Title: Intro to Global Studies
Credits: 3.33
Course: GS 150
Credits: 5
Course: GLST 100TR
Title: Globaliz, Culture, Identity
Credits: 3.33
Course: HIST& 126
Credits: 5
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Civilizations I
Credits: 3.33
Course: HIST& 127
Credits: 5
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Civilizations II
Credits: 3.33
Course: HIST& 128
Credits: 5
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Civilizations III
Credits: 3.33
Course: HIST& 146
Credits: 5
Course: HIST 251
Title: Colonial American History IT
Credits: 3.33
Course: HIST& 147
Credits: 5
Course: HIST 252
Title: 19th-Century U.S. History ES
Credits: 3.33
Course: HIST& 148
Credits: 5
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: United States History III
Credits: 3.33
Course: HIST 150
Credits: 5
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Multicultural US History
Credits: 3.33
Course: HIST& 214
Credits: 5
Course: HIST 351
Title: Hist Western/PNW U.S. ES
Credits: 3.33
Course: HUMAN 150
Credits: 5
Course: HUMA 100TR
Title: Intro to Cultural Studies
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 131
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 123
Title: Modern Elementary Math I QR
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 132
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 124
Title: Modern Elementary Math II QR
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 141
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 115
Title: College Algebra/TrigonometryQR
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 142
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 140
Title: Precalculus QR
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 146
Credits: 5
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 148
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 128
Title: Linear Models & Calculus QR
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 151
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 151
Title: Calculus I QR
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 152
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: Calculus II
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH 208
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 200TR
Title: Linear Algebra
Credits: 3.33
or this course:
Course: MATH 331
Title: Linear Algebra
Credits: 3.33
Submit syllabus to regi@plu.edu for possible MATH 331 equiv.
Course: MATH 238
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 200TR
Title: Differential Equations
Credits: 3.33
Course: MATH& 264
Credits: 5
Course: MATH 253
Title: Multivariable Calculus
Credits: 3.33
Course: NUTR& 101
Credits: 5
Course: KINS 320
Title: Nutrition, Hlth & Performance
Credits: 3.33
Course: POLS& 101
Credits: 5
Course: POLS 100TR
Title: Intro to Political Science
Credits: 3.33
Course: PSYC& 100
Credits: 5
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3.33
Course: PSYC& 200
Credits: 5
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3.33
Course: SPAN& 121
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 100TR
Title: Spanish I
Credits: 3.33
Course: SPAN& 122
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 101
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 3.33
Course: SPAN& 123
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 102
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 3.33
Course: SPAN& 221
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 200TR
Title: Spanish IV
Credits: 3.33
Course: SPAN& 222
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 201
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3.33
Course: SPAN& 223
Credits: 5
Course: HISP 202
Title: Intermediate Spanish VW
Credits: 3.33