diff --git a/cms/envs/dev.py b/cms/envs/dev.py
index b0729ba885..59bc623729 100644
--- a/cms/envs/dev.py
+++ b/cms/envs/dev.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ REPOS = {
     },
     'content-mit-6002x': {
         'branch': 'master',
-        'origin': 'git@github.com:MITx/6002x-fall-2012.git',
+        #'origin': 'git@github.com:MITx/6002x-fall-2012.git',
+        'origin': 'git@github.com:MITx/content-mit-6002x.git',
     },
     '6.00x': {
         'branch': 'master',
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index eeda9a6b65..b739e0e37c 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from mitxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response, render_to_string
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+#from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from django.core.cache import cache
 
 from django_future.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
index dfac1ac9c6..7e0019205e 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+from fs.errors import ResourceNotFoundError
 import time
 import dateutil.parser
 import logging
 
+from xmodule.graders import load_grading_policy
 from xmodule.modulestore import Location
 from xmodule.seq_module import SequenceDescriptor, SequenceModule
 
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
 
     def __init__(self, system, definition=None, **kwargs):
         super(CourseDescriptor, self).__init__(system, definition, **kwargs)
+        
+        self._grader = None
+        self._grade_cutoffs = None
 
         try:
             self.start = time.strptime(self.metadata["start"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M")
@@ -27,7 +32,34 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
 
     def has_started(self):
         return time.gmtime() > self.start
-
+    
+    @property
+    def grader(self):
+        self.__load_grading_policy()
+        return self._grader
+    
+    @property
+    def grade_cutoffs(self):
+        self.__load_grading_policy()
+        return self._grade_cutoffs
+    
+    
+    def __load_grading_policy(self):
+        if not self._grader or not self._grade_cutoffs:
+            policy_string = ""
+            
+            try:
+                with self.system.resources_fs.open("grading_policy.json") as grading_policy_file:
+                    policy_string = grading_policy_file.read()
+            except (IOError, ResourceNotFoundError):
+                log.warning("Unable to load course settings file from grading_policy.json in course " + self.id)
+            
+            grading_policy = load_grading_policy(policy_string)
+            
+            self._grader = grading_policy['GRADER']
+            self._grade_cutoffs = grading_policy['GRADE_CUTOFFS']
+    
+    
     @staticmethod
     def id_to_location(course_id):
         '''Convert the given course_id (org/course/name) to a location object.
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/graders.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/graders.py
index 4473c8f1b9..fca862aa9f 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/graders.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/graders.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import abc
+import json
 import logging
 
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -9,6 +10,69 @@ log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
 # Section either indicates the name of the problem or the name of the section
 Score = namedtuple("Score", "earned possible graded section")
 
+def load_grading_policy(course_policy_string):
+    """
+    This loads a grading policy from a string (usually read from a file),
+    which can be a JSON object or an empty string.
+    
+    The JSON object can have the keys GRADER and GRADE_CUTOFFS. If either is
+    missing, it reverts to the default.
+    """
+    
+    default_policy_string = """
+    {
+        "GRADER" : [
+            {
+                "type" : "Homework",
+                "min_count" : 12,
+                "drop_count" : 2,
+                "short_label" : "HW",
+                "weight" : 0.15
+            },
+            {
+                "type" : "Lab",
+                "min_count" : 12,
+                "drop_count" : 2,
+                "category" : "Labs",
+                "weight" : 0.15
+            },
+            {
+                "type" : "Midterm",
+                "name" : "Midterm Exam",
+                "short_label" : "Midterm",
+                "weight" : 0.3
+            },
+            {
+                "type" : "Final",
+                "name" : "Final Exam",
+                "short_label" : "Final",
+                "weight" : 0.4
+            }
+        ],
+        "GRADE_CUTOFFS" : {
+            "A" : 0.87,
+            "B" : 0.7,
+            "C" : 0.6
+        }
+    }
+    """
+    
+    # Load the global settings as a dictionary
+    grading_policy = json.loads(default_policy_string)
+
+    # Load the course policies as a dictionary
+    course_policy = {}
+    if course_policy_string:
+        course_policy = json.loads(course_policy_string)
+    
+    # Override any global settings with the course settings
+    grading_policy.update(course_policy)
+
+    # Here is where we should parse any configurations, so that we can fail early
+    grading_policy['GRADER'] = grader_from_conf(grading_policy['GRADER'])
+    
+    return grading_policy
+    
 
 def aggregate_scores(scores, section_name="summary"):
     """
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/course_settings.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/course_settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b2348bee6..0000000000
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/course_settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Course settings module. All settings in the global_settings are
-first applied, and then any settings in the settings.DATA_DIR/course_settings.json
-are applied. A setting must be in ALL_CAPS.
-
-Settings are used by calling
-
-from courseware.course_settings import course_settings
-
-Note that courseware.course_settings.course_settings is not a module -- it's an object. So
-importing individual settings is not possible:
-
-from courseware.course_settings.course_settings import GRADER  # This won't work.
-
-"""
-import json
-import logging
-
-from django.conf import settings
-
-from xmodule import graders
-
-log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
-
-global_settings_json = """
-{
-    "GRADER" : [
-        {
-            "type" : "Homework",
-            "min_count" : 12,
-            "drop_count" : 2,
-            "short_label" : "HW",
-            "weight" : 0.15
-        },
-        {
-            "type" : "Lab",
-            "min_count" : 12,
-            "drop_count" : 2,
-            "category" : "Labs",
-            "weight" : 0.15
-        },
-        {
-            "type" : "Midterm",
-            "name" : "Midterm Exam",
-            "short_label" : "Midterm",
-            "weight" : 0.3
-        },
-        {
-            "type" : "Final",
-            "name" : "Final Exam",
-            "short_label" : "Final",
-            "weight" : 0.4
-        }
-    ],
-    "GRADE_CUTOFFS" : {
-        "A" : 0.87,
-        "B" : 0.7,
-        "C" : 0.6
-    }
-}
-"""
-
-
-class Settings(object):
-    def __init__(self):
-
-        # Load the global settings as a dictionary
-        global_settings = json.loads(global_settings_json)
-
-        # Load the course settings as a dictionary
-        course_settings = {}
-        try:
-            # TODO: this doesn't work with multicourse
-            with open(settings.DATA_DIR + "/course_settings.json") as course_settings_file:
-                course_settings_string = course_settings_file.read()
-            course_settings = json.loads(course_settings_string)
-        except IOError:
-            log.warning("Unable to load course settings file from " + str(settings.DATA_DIR) + "/course_settings.json")
-
-        # Override any global settings with the course settings
-        global_settings.update(course_settings)
-
-        # Now, set the properties from the course settings on ourselves
-        for setting in global_settings:
-            setting_value = global_settings[setting]
-            setattr(self, setting, setting_value)
-
-        # Here is where we should parse any configurations, so that we can fail early
-        self.GRADER = graders.grader_from_conf(self.GRADER)
-
-course_settings = Settings()
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/grades.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/grades.py
index 66aff08dca..5a817e3d6c 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/grades.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/grades.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import logging
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from courseware.course_settings import course_settings
 from xmodule import graders
 from xmodule.graders import Score
 from models import StudentModule
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ from models import StudentModule
 _log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
 
 
-def grade_sheet(student, course, student_module_cache):
+def grade_sheet(student, course, grader, student_module_cache):
     """
     This pulls a summary of all problems in the course. It returns a dictionary with two datastructures:
 
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ def grade_sheet(student, course, student_module_cache):
                          'chapter': c.metadata.get('display_name'),
                          'sections': sections})
 
-    grader = course_settings.GRADER
     grade_summary = grader.grade(totaled_scores)
 
     return {'courseware_summary': chapters,
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index 1d6956cb29..ef5a75e360 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_control
 from module_render import toc_for_course, get_module, get_section
 from models import StudentModuleCache
 from student.models import UserProfile
+
 from multicourse import multicourse_settings
 from django_comment_client.utils import get_discussion_title
 
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ def profile(request, course_id, student_id=None):
     user_info = UserProfile.objects.get(user=student)
 
     student_module_cache = StudentModuleCache(request.user, course)
-    course, _, _, _ = get_module(request.user, request, course.location, student_module_cache)
-
+    course_module, _, _, _ = get_module(request.user, request, course.location, student_module_cache)
+    
     context = {'name': user_info.name,
                'username': student.username,
                'location': user_info.location,
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ def profile(request, course_id, student_id=None):
                'format_url_params': format_url_params,
                'csrf': csrf(request)['csrf_token']
                }
-    context.update(grades.grade_sheet(student, course, student_module_cache))
+    context.update(grades.grade_sheet(student, course_module, course.grader, student_module_cache))
 
     return render_to_response('profile.html', context)
 
@@ -195,9 +196,6 @@ def index(request, course_id, chapter=None, section=None,
     chapter = clean(chapter)
     section = clean(section)
 
-    if settings.ENABLE_MULTICOURSE:
-        settings.MODULESTORE['default']['OPTIONS']['data_dir'] = settings.DATA_DIR + multicourse_settings.get_course_xmlpath(course)
-
     context = {
         'csrf': csrf(request)['csrf_token'],
         'accordion': render_accordion(request, course, chapter, section),
diff --git a/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss b/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
index 030c32bf92..4e2765228f 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ $discussion_input_width: 90%;
     }
   }
   .discussion-votes {
-    margin-right: 4%;
+    margin-right: 2%;
     margin-top: 2%;
     text-align: center;
     height: flex-grid(3);
     float: left;
+    margin-left: 2%;
     .discussion-vote-count {
       font-size: $comment_body_size;
       @include discussion-font;
@@ -109,9 +110,9 @@ $discussion_input_width: 90%;
         margin-bottom: 3px;
       }
       &.discussion-vote-down {
-        margin-top: 3px;
+        margin-top: 5px;
       }
-      &.voted {
+      &.voted { 
         color: #1d9dd9;
       }
     }
@@ -202,9 +203,8 @@ $discussion_input_width: 90%;
         border: 1px solid #A5D24A;
         -moz-border-radius: 2px;
         -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
-        display: block;
         float: left;
-        padding: 5px;
+        padding: 5px 7px;
         text-decoration: none;
         background: #CDE69C;
         color: #638421;
@@ -268,10 +268,6 @@ $discussion_input_width: 90%;
           color: black;
         }
       }
-      .discussion-votes {
-        margin-right: 6px;
-        margin-top: 6px;
-      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lms/static/sass/_news.scss b/lms/static/sass/_news.scss
index 5c783faba1..3899091ec6 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/_news.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/_news.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 .notifications {
   @include news-font;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
   padding-left: 20px;
   padding-top: 20px;
   padding-bottom: 20px;
diff --git a/lms/templates/news.html b/lms/templates/news.html
index f7771a87d1..63724759a5 100644
--- a/lms/templates/news.html
+++ b/lms/templates/news.html
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 <section class="container">
   <div class="course-wrapper">
     <section class="course-content">
+      <h3> Updates to Discussion Posts You Follow </h3>
       ${content}
     </section>
   </div>
diff --git a/lms/templates/profile.html b/lms/templates/profile.html
index 9ba5865ed1..6c5a0a5ccf 100644
--- a/lms/templates/profile.html
+++ b/lms/templates/profile.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 <%block name="headextra">
   <%static:css group='course'/>
 </%block>
+
 <%namespace name="profile_graphs" file="profile_graphs.js"/>
 
 <%block name="title"><title>Profile - edX 6.002x</title></%block>
@@ -110,9 +111,9 @@ $(function() {
 </%block>
 
 
-<%include file="navigation.html" args="active_page='profile'" />
+<%include file="course_navigation.html" args="active_page='profile'" />
 
-<section class="main-content">
+<section class="container">
   <div class="profile-wrapper">
 
     <section class="course-info">
@@ -126,8 +127,7 @@ $(function() {
         %for chapter in courseware_summary:
         %if not chapter['chapter'] == "hidden":
         <li>
-          <h2><a href="javascript:void(0)">
-          ${ chapter['chapter'] }</a></h2>
+          <h2>${ chapter['chapter'] }</h2>
 
           <ol class="sections">
             %for section in chapter['sections']:
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ $(function() {
               total = section['section_total'].possible
               percentageString = "{0:.0%}".format( float(earned)/total) if earned > 0 and total > 0 else ""
               %>
-              
-              <h3><a href="javascript:void(0)">
+              <h3><a href="${reverse('courseware_section', kwargs={'course_id' : course.id, 'chapter' : chapter['chapter'], 'section' : section['section']})}">
+>>>>>>> 7f2f47597fd50acbab49be5173b76b026ff4378d
                 ${ section['section'] }</a> ${"({0:.3n}/{1:.3n}) {2}".format( float(earned), float(total), percentageString )}</h3>
               ${section['format']}
               %if 'due' in section and section['due']!="":
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4cc132d6ff..46c822642e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ django_debug_toolbar
 -e git://github.com/MITx/django-pipeline.git#egg=django-pipeline
 django-staticfiles>=1.2.1
 fs
-beautifulsoup
+beautifulsoup 
+beautifulsoup4
 feedparser
 requests
 sympy