--- title: "Access to Reserved Classes" canonical: "https://helpcentre.macewan.ca/space/MAA/2038300675/Access%20to%20Reserved%20Classes" format: markdown --- **AUDIENCE:  ****CURRENT STUDENTS** Many courses at MacEwan have reserve limits in effect. This means you can only enroll in certain sections of the courses if you are a student of that program/faculty. The reserve requirements generally vary by the section of the course. So, our enrolment system will show that there are open seats in a course / section, so long as there are open seats for any one of those students in that particular program. Therefore, it can be confusing because the course appears to be open, but when you go to enrol it could be that there is no space available for students in your specific program left. Consequently, your choices are to either waitlist the class or to find another open class / section.   > ⚠️ In Open Studies, you can be quite limited in the sections you can enroll in. You can view the [Open Studies Courses page](https://www.macewan.ca/academics/programs/open-studies/courses/#fl) to see which courses have at least one seat available to Open Studies students. --- ## Swapping Classes If you think you want to waitlist for a class / section, but you feel like you want to enrol in an alternate class / section as a backup plan, then you may want to check out the process of setting up enrolment action so that you can swap one enrolled class for waitlist class. > ℹ️ For more information, refer to the [using myStudentSystem guide](https://www.macewan.ca/apply-enrol/using-mystudentsystem/#ManageClasses) under the Manage Classes → Swap Classes heading. > Macro (details) > > **Related Keywords** > > > > > > | Related Issues | | > | --- | --- | --- > ℹ️ Still have questions? We’d be happy to answer them. > ℹ️ > ℹ️ You can: > ℹ️ > ℹ️ - Send us a message at [advising@macewan.ca](mailto:advising@macewan.ca) > ℹ️ - [Sign up for a group advising workshop](https://forms.gle/xqdJP6mfWvEsCgi9A) > ℹ️ - [Book an appointment with an Academic Advisor](https://www.macewan.ca/academics/advising/) > ℹ️ - [Browse other HelpCentre articles](https://helpcentre.macewan.ca/space/MAA) --- > Macro (livesearch)