Sometimes when you enroll in a course with both a lecture and a required lab or discussion class section, you find later that you need to change to a different section for just one of the classes, for example the disucssion. During enrollment period, the Edit Classes option allows you to switch discussion or lab sections!

1. In the left Menu, go to Enrollment > Edit Classes. The Select a class to edit page opens.
2. On the Select a class to edit page:
   • From the Select from your schedule drop-down list, select the class you wish to edit.
   • In the lower right corner of the page, click Proceed to Step 2 of 3. The Select class to edit - Enrollment Preferences page will open.
3. On the Select a class to edit - Enrollment Preferences page:
   • From the Select from your schedule drop-down list, select the class whose discussions or labs you wish to switch.
   • In the lower right corner of the page, click Proceed to Step 2 of 3. The Select class to edit - Related Class Sections page opens.
4. On the Select a class to edit - Related Class Sections page:
   • Select a related section to switch to. Note: Click View All Sections in the lower blue navigation bar to see all the related discussions or labs (if applicable).
   • Click Next. The Select class to edit - Enrollment Preferences page opens.
5. If you wish to also change any enrollment preferences you can do so. Otherwise, Click Next. The Confirm your selections page opens.
6. On the Confirm your selections page, double-check your edits by comparing the Original Value and New Value columns. Click Finish Editing. The View Results page opens.
7. On the View results page, review the status of your edits:
   • A green check mark () indicates that your edits were successful.
   • A red x () indicates an error. Carefully read the message associated with this error, and click Fix Errors if this is an error that you can fix yourself (e.g., a time conflict that you could resolve by dropping another class, etc.). You will return to the Select classes to add page. If this is an error that you cannot fix, contact the academic department that offers this class or the Registrar's Office (213 Whitmore, 413.545.0555) for more information.
     Note: You must delete any 'unfixable' classes from your Shopping Cart. Otherwise, SPIRE will try to re-add them when you click Proceed to Step 2 of 3 next, and you will get an error every time.
   Click My Class Schedule to view your revised class schedule.

Remember: Use the Edit Classes option to switch related discussions or labs.

The Swap Classes option only allows you to switch between different classes based on their enrollment sections. For example, you can swap from Anthro 100 to History 101, or from Psych 240 Section A + Lab 01 to Psych 240 Section C + Lab 03. However, you can't swap from Psych 240 Section A + Lab 01 to Psych 240 Section A + Lab 02.

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