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):American Public University Sys Transferring to(gold box):Pacific Lutheran University
Course: ACCT 100
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Accounting I
Credits: 3
Course: ACCT 105
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Acct for Non-Acct Majors
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 100
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 100TR
Title: Intro to Anthropology
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 202
Credits: 3
Course: ANTH 102
Title: Human Cultural Diver ES
Credits: 3
Course: ARTH 200
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 200TR
Title: Art Appreciation
Credits: 3
Course: ARTH 241
Credits: 3
Course: HUMA 200TR
Title: Film and Literature
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 133
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: General Biology I w/Lab
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 225
Title: Molecules, Cells, Org NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 134
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: General Biology II w/Lab
Credits: 4
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: BIOL 226
Title: Genes, Evol, Div, Ecol, NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 180
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intro to Biology
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 181
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intro Human Anat & Phys
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 201
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Princ of Anat & Phys w/Lab
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 202
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 240
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 200TR
Title: Elements of Biological Chem
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 250
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 205
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol I NW
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 251
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 206
Title: Human Anatomy/Physiol II NW
Credits: 4
Course: BUSN 100
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: BUSN 310
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 201
Title: Intro to Business Global Envir
Credits: 3
Course: BUSN 311
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 303
Title: Business Law & Ethics
Credits: 3
Course: BUSN 312
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Operations Research
Credits: 3
Course: BUSN 313
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Global & Competitive Strategy
Credits: 3
Course: BUSN 410
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 400TR
Title: Critical Thnkg Strat for Bus
Credits: 3
Course: CHEM 133
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 115
Title: General Chemistry I NW
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 134
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 116
Title: General Chemistry II NW
Credits: 4
Course: CHFD 215
Credits: 3
Course: EDUC 200TR
Title: Intro to Child Development
Credits: 3
Course: CHFD 220
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 200TR
Title: Human Sexuality
Credits: 3
Course: CHFD 312
Credits: 3
Course: SPED 300TR
Title: Special Needs Students
Credits: 3
Course: CHFD 342
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: CHFD 415
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 400TR
Title: Children and Stress
Credits: 3
Course: CJ 330
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: COLL 100
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: COMM 101
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 101
Title: Introduction to Communication
Credits: 3
Course: COMM 110
Credits:
This course does not transfer.
Course: COMM 120
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Info & Digital Literacy
Credits: 3
Course: COMM 200
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 212
Title: Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Course: COMM 211
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Social Media and Society
Credits: 3
Course: COMM 220
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Small Group Communication
Credits: 3
Course: COMM 240
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 304
Title: Intercultural Communication IT
Credits: 3
Course: COMM 250
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 120
Title: Intro to Media Studies CX
Credits: 3
Course: COMM 285
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 200TR
Title: Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 201
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 101
Title: Princ. of Microeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 202
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 102
Title: Princ. of Macroeconomics ES
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 101
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Proficiency in Writing
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 102
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Effectiveness Writing
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 110
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Making Writing Relevant
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 115
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 100TR
Title: Argumentation & Rhetoric
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200
Credits: 3
Course: WRIT 200TR
Title: Composition and Literature
Credits: 3
Course: ENTR 210
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Entrepreneurs as Leaders
Credits: 3
Course: FREN 100
Credits: 3
Course: FREN 101
Title: Elementary French
Credits: 3
Course: FREN 101
Credits: 3
Course: FREN 102
Title: Elementary French
Credits: 3
Course: GEOG 101
Credits: 3
Course: SSCI 100TR
Title: Introduction to Geography
Credits: 3
Course: GERM 100
Credits: 3
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: German
Credits: 3
Course: GERM 101
Credits: 3
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: German
Credits: 3
Course: GM 140
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: HIMA 100
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 100TR
Title: Medical Terminology
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 101
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 251
Title: Colonial American Hist IT
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 102
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: American History since 1877
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 111
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Civilization Before 1650
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 112
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: World Civ since 1650
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 121
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 100TR
Title: Western Civi before 30 Yr War
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 221
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: African-Am Hist before 1877
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 222
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: African-Am Hist since 1877
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 223
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: Hist of the American Indian
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 270
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: History of Science
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 290
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: HIstory of the Holocaust
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 300
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 300TR
Title: Research Methods in History
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 301
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 321
Title: Greek Civilization
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 302
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 322
Title: Roman Civilization
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 303
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 300TR
Title: The Middle Ages
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 402
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 400TR
Title: Colonial America
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 409
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 400TR
Title: US: WWII to Present
Credits: 3
Course: HLSS 151
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: HLSS 154
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: HLSS 300
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: HLSS 302
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: HM 240
Credits: 3
Course: ARTD 200TR
Title: Art Appreciation
Credits: 3
Course: HM 277
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 125
Title: Ethics and the Good Life VW
Credits: 3
Course: HRMT 101
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Human Relations Communication
Credits: 3
Course: INTL 432
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: INTL 446
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: IRLS 210
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 200TR
Title: International Relations I
Credits: 3
Course: IRLS 214
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: American Foreign Policy
Credits: 3
Course: ITCC 121
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Intro to Computer Science
Credits: 3
Course: ITCC 200
Credits: 3
Course: CSCI 100TR
Title: Applic Software Integration
Credits: 3
Course: JAPN 100
Credits: 3
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Intro to Japanese
Credits: 3
Course: LITR 201
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: World Lit through Renaissance
Credits: 3
Course: LITR 202
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: World Lit since Renaissance
Credits: 3
Course: LITR 210
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Engl Lit: Beowulf to 18th Cent
Credits: 3
Course: LITR 211
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Eng Lit: 18th c to Present
Credits: 3
Course: LITR 220
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: Amer Lit Before Civil War
Credits: 3
Course: LITR 221
Credits: 3
Course: ENGL 200TR
Title: American Lit from Civil War
Credits: 3
Course: LSTD 209
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: MATH 110
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: College Algebra
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 111
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 100TR
Title: College Trig
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 120
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: MATH 302
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 231
Title: Introductory Statistics QR
Credits: 3
Course: MGMT 100
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Human Relations
Credits: 3
Course: MGMT 101
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Princ of Supervision
Credits: 3
Course: MGMT 311
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 305
Title: Behavior in Organizations
Credits: 3
Course: MGMT 312
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Leadership & Motivation
Credits: 3
Course: MILH 201
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: Introduction to Military Hist
Credits: 3
Course: MILH 202
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: American Military History
Credits: 3
Course: MILH 221
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: War from Antiquity to 1700
Credits: 3
Course: MILH 222
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 200TR
Title: War from 1700 to Present
Credits: 3
Course: MILH 411
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 400TR
Title: Diplomacy and War I
Credits: 3
Course: MKTG 201
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 308
Title: Principles of Marketing
Credits: 3
Course: MKTG 307
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 363
Title: Consumer Behavior
Credits: 3
Course: MKTG 401
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 468
Title: Marketing Management
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 200
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 101
Title: Introduction to Music CX
Credits: 3
Course: NATG 129
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 100TR
Title: Intro to Statistics
Credits: 3
Course: PBHE 209
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 200TR
Title: Wellness:Hlth Promo&Disease Pr
Credits: 3
Course: PBHE 215
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Healthcare: Moral Issues
Credits: 3
Course: PBHE 427
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 400TR
Title: Epidemiology
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 101
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 121
Title: The Examined Life VW
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 110
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 100TR
Title: Critical Thinking
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 210
Credits: 3
Course: POLS 151
Title: American Government ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 101
Title: Intro to Psychology ES
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 102
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 100TR
Title: Prof Car & Educ in Psych
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 201
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 330
Title: Social Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 221
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 310
Title: Personality Theories
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 300
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 300TR
Title: Research Methods in Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 303
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 300TR
Title: Learning and Cognition
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 304
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 300TR
Title: Perception
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 305
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 300TR
Title: Hist/Systems of Psych
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 324
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 300TR
Title: Psyc of Add/Subs Abuse
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 325
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 300TR
Title: Biopsychology
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 406
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 400TR
Title: Psychopathology
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 431
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 400TR
Title: Psych of Disaster
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 432
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 400TR
Title: Psych of Combat
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 460
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 400TR
Title: Sports Psychology
Credits: 3
Course: RELS 201
Credits: 3
Course: RELI 200TR
Title: Intro to World Religions
Credits: 3
Course: RELS 311
Credits: 3
Course: RELI 300TR
Title: Introduction to the Bible
Credits: 3
Course: RUSS 100
Credits: 3
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Russian I
Credits: 3
Course: RUSS 101
Credits: 3
Course: LANG 100TR
Title: Russian II
Credits: 3
Course: SC 106
Credits: 3
Course: GEOS 100TR
Title: Intro to Oceanography
Credits: 3
Course: SCIN 108
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Intro to Astronomy
Credits: 3
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: PHYS 110
Title: Astronomy NW
Credits: 3
Course: SCIN 109
Credits: 1
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Intro to Astronomy Lab
Credits: 1
The course above may also transfer as this course:
Course: PHYS 110TR
Title: Astronomy Lab
Credits: 1
Course: SCIN 130
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intro to Biology with Lab
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 131
Credits: 4
Course: CHEM 100TR
Title: Intro to Chemistry w/lab
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 132
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intro to Human A&P w/lab
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 133
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 100TR
Title: Intro to Physics w/Lab
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 134
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 110
Title: Astronomy NW
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 135
Credits: 4
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: Intro to Forestry with Lab
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 136
Credits: 4
Course: GEOS 102
Title: General Oceanography NS,SM
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 139
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 116
Title: Introductory Ecology NW
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 140
Credits: 4
Course: ENVT 100TR
Title: Intro to Envt Scienc w/lab
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 202
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 233
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 153
Title: General Physics I NW
Credits: 3
and this course:
Course: PHYS 163
Title: General Physics I Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: SCIN 234
Credits: 4
Course: PHYS 154
Title: General Physics II NW
Credits: 3
and this course:
Course: PHYS 164
Title: General Physics II Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course: SCIN 360
Credits: 3
Course: NURS 300TR
Title: Advanced Human A&P
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 111
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology ES
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 212
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 240
Title: Social Problems ES
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 220
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 200TR
Title: American Pop Culture
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 332
Credits: 3
Course: STAT 300TR
Title: Statistics for Social Science
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 404
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 210
Title: Gender and Society ES
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 100
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 101
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 3
Course: SPAN 101
Credits: 3
Course: HISP 102
Title: Elementary Spanish
Credits: 3
Course: SPHE 290
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 200TR
Title: Fnds Sports/Health Sciences
Credits: 3
Course: SPHE 295
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 320
Title: Nutrition, Hlth & Performance
Credits: 3
Course: SPHE 314
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 300TR
Title: Exercise Physiology
Credits: 3
Course: SPHE 316
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: SPHE 319
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 300TR
Title: Sports & Drugs
Credits: 3
Course: SPHE 326
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 300TR
Title: Ethics in Sports
Credits: 3
Course: SPHE 421
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 486
Title: Applied Biomechanics/Kinesiolo
Credits: 3
Course: SPHE 461
Credits: 3
Course: KINS 400TR
Title: Issues/Trends in Fitness
Credits: 3
Course: SPST 180
Credits: 3
Course: PHYS 110
Title: Astronomy NW
Credits: 3