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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Course: ACCT 105
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 100TR
Title: Acct for Non-Acct Majors
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 134
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: General Biology II w/Lab
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: 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 220
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 200TR
Title: Human Sexuality
Credits: 3
Course: CHFD 342
Credits: 3
Course: PSYC 320
Title: Devel Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
Course: CJ 330
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: COLL 100
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
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: 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: ENTR 210
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 200TR
Title: Entrepreneurs as Leaders
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
This course does not transfer.
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 301
Credits: 3
Course: HIST 321
Title: Greek Civilization
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: HRMT 101
Credits: 3
Course: COMA 100TR
Title: Human Relations Communication
Credits: 3
Course: INFO 321
Credits: 3
Course: BUSA 300TR
Title: Database Management Systems
Credits: 3
Course: INTL 432
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
Course: INTL 446
Credits: 3
This course does not transfer.
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: 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: MUSI 200
Credits: 3
Course: MUSI 101
Title: Introduction to Music CX
Credits: 3
Course: PBHE 215
Credits: 3
Course: PHIL 200TR
Title: Healthcare: Moral Issues
Credits: 3
Course: PBHE 315
Credits: 3
Course: ECON 300TR
Title: Health Economics & Finance
Credits: 3
Course: PBHE 413
Credits:
This course does not transfer.
Course: PBHE 427
Credits: 3
Course: BIOL 400TR
Title: Epidemiology
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 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: 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: SCIN 130
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intro to Biology with Lab
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 132
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 100TR
Title: Intro to Human A&P w/lab
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 139
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 116
Title: Introductory Ecology NW
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 202
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 201
Title: Intro Microbiology NW
Credits: 4
Course: SCIN 211
Credits: 4
Course: BIOL 200TR
Title: Principles of Genetics w/Lab
Credits: 4
Course: SOCI 111
Credits: 3
Course: SOCI 101
Title: Intro to Sociology 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: 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 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