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Swap

To replace one registered course or class section by dropping it and adding another instead.

In plain English

This means trading an enrollment you already have for a different course or section. It involves taking away the current registration and putting another one in its place.

In context

Here, "Swap" names the action that replaces one registered class or section with another during enrollment.

Situation
Enrolling in courses, choosing sections, joining waitlists, and reading class status
What it communicates
names the replace-one-class-with-another function in the enrollment workflow.

Meaning limits

The term only refers to that replacement action, not to any reason, status, or result beyond it.

Examples

“After registering for the Tuesday lab section, she swapped it for the Thursday section.”

Core meaning

“By noon, the office had swapped Carlos from the evening economics section into the morning one.”

In context

  • drop Contrast

    This removes a registered course without adding another one instead.

  • add Contrast

    This adds a registered course without removing another one as part of the same action.