diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index 07303be06a..77ecc990c3 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
+import json
 import logging
 import urllib
 import itertools
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ from django.core.context_processors import csrf
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
-from django.http import Http404
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from mitxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response, render_to_string
 #from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
@@ -271,14 +272,37 @@ def course_about(request, course_id):
 
 
 @login_required
-@ensure_csrf_cookie
-def enroll(request, course_id):
-    course = check_course(course_id, course_must_be_open=False)
+def change_enrollment(request):
+    if request.method != "POST":
+        raise Http404
+    
+    course_id = request.POST.get("course_id", None)
+    if course_id == None:
+        return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'success': False, 'error': 'There was an error receiving the course id.'}))
+    action = request.POST.get("enrollment_action" , "")
+        
     user = request.user
     
-    enrollment, created = CourseEnrollment.objects.get_or_create(user=user, course_id=course.id)
+    if action == "enroll":
+        # Make sure the course exists
+        # We don't do this check on unenroll, or a bad course id can't be unenrolled from
+        course = check_course(course_id, course_must_be_open=False) 
+        
+        enrollment, created = CourseEnrollment.objects.get_or_create(user=user, course_id=course.id)
+        return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'success': True}))
+        
+    elif action == "unenroll":
+        try:
+            enrollment =  CourseEnrollment.objects.get(user=user, course_id=course_id)
+            enrollment.delete()
+            return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'success': True}))
+        except CourseEnrollment.DoesNotExist:
+            return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'success': False, 'error': 'You are not enrolled for this course.'}))
+    else:
+        return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'success': False, 'error': 'Invalid enrollment_action.'}))
+    
+    return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'success': False, 'error': 'We weren\'t able to unenroll you. Please try again.'}))
     
-    return redirect(reverse('dashboard'))
 
 
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
@@ -295,5 +319,3 @@ def university_profile(request, org_id):
     template_file = "university_profile/{0}.html".format(org_id).lower()
 
     return render_to_response(template_file, context)
-
-
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard.html b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
index bdae0dc527..e94701ef60 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
             <section class="course-status">
               <p>Class Starts - <span>9/2/2012</span></div>
             </section>
+            <a href="#unenroll-modal" class="unenroll" rel="leanModal" data-course-id="${course.id}" data-course-number="${course.number}">Unenroll</a>
             <section class="meta">
               <div class="course-work-icon"></div>
               <div class="progress">
@@ -75,3 +76,52 @@
 
   </section>
 </section>
+
+
+
+<section id="unenroll-modal" class="modal unenroll-modal">
+  <div class="inner-wrapper">
+    <header>
+      <h2>Are you sure you want to unenroll from <span id="unenroll_course_number"></span>?</h2>
+      <hr>
+    </header>
+
+    <form id="unenroll_form" method="post" data-remote="true" action="${reverse('change_enrollment')}">
+      <input name="course_id" id="unenroll_course_id" type="hidden" />
+      <input name="enrollment_action" type="hidden" value="unenroll" />
+      <div class="submit">
+        <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Unenroll" />
+      </div>
+    </form>
+
+    <div class="close-modal">
+      <div class="inner">
+        <p>&#10005;</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</section>
+
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+(function() {
+  
+  $(".unenroll").click(function(event) {
+    $("#unenroll_course_id").val( $(event.target).data("course-id") );
+    $("#unenroll_course_number").text( $(event.target).data("course-number") );
+    
+  });
+  
+   $(document).delegate('#unenroll_form', 'ajax:success', function(data, json, xhr) {
+     if(json.success) {
+       location.href="${reverse('dashboard')}";
+     } else {
+       if($('#unenroll_error').length == 0) {
+         $('#unenroll_form').prepend('<div id="unenroll_error" class="modal-form-error"></div>');
+       }
+       $('#unenroll_error').text(json.error).stop().css("display", "block");
+     }
+   });
+})(this)
+</script>
+
diff --git a/lms/templates/portal/course_about.html b/lms/templates/portal/course_about.html
index 95afcfd73c..d5ba8e24ae 100644
--- a/lms/templates/portal/course_about.html
+++ b/lms/templates/portal/course_about.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             %if registered:
                 <span class="register disabled">You are registered for this course (${course.number}).</span>
             %else:
-                <a href="${reverse('enroll', args=[course.id])}" class="register">Register for ${course.number}</a>
+                <a href="#" class="register">Register for ${course.number}</a>
             %endif
           %else:
             <a href="#signup-modal" class="register" rel="leanModal" data-notice="You must Sign Up in order to register">Register for ${course.number}</a>
@@ -105,4 +105,30 @@
   </section>
 </section>
 
+%if not registered:
+  <div display="hidden">
+    <form id="enroll_form" method="post" data-remote="true" action="${reverse('change_enrollment')}">
+      <input name="course_id" type="hidden" value="${course.id}">
+      <input name="enrollment_action" type="hidden" value="enroll">
+      <div class="submit">
+        <input name="submit" type="submit" value="enroll">
+      </div>
+    </form>
+  </div>
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+  (function() {
+    $(".register").click(function() {
+      $("#enroll_form").submit();
+    });
+  
+    $(document).delegate('#enroll_form', 'ajax:success', function(data, json, xhr) {
+      if(json.success) {
+        location.href="${reverse('dashboard')}";
+      }
+    });
+  })(this)
+  </script>
+%endif
+
+
 <%include file="../video_modal.html" />
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index bce5ad930e..f116ea6037 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -100,14 +100,16 @@ if settings.COURSEWARE_ENABLED:
         url(r'^save_circuit/(?P<circuit>[^/]*)$', 'circuit.views.save_circuit'),
         url(r'^calculate$', 'util.views.calculate'),
         url(r'^heartbeat$', include('heartbeat.urls')),
-
+        
+        
+        url(r'^change_enrollment$', 
+            'courseware.views.change_enrollment', name="change_enrollment"),
+        
         # Multicourse related:
         url(r'^courses/?$', 'courseware.views.courses', name="courses"),        
         #About the course
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/about$', 
             'courseware.views.course_about', name="about_course"),
-        url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/enroll$', 
-            'courseware.views.enroll', name="enroll"),
         
         #Inside the course
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/info$',