diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/tests.py b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/tests.py
index 18cf519837..ccb93aeb5e 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/tests.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/tests.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class TestUserApi(ModuleStoreTestCase, APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
 
     def test_default_value(self):
-        (__, __, unit, __) = self._setup_course_skeleton()
+        (section, sub_section, unit, __) = self._setup_course_skeleton()
         self.client.login(username=self.username, password=self.password)
 
         url = self._course_status_url()
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ class TestUserApi(ModuleStoreTestCase, APITestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(json_data["last_visited_module_id"], unicode(unit.location))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            json_data["last_visited_module_path"],
+            [unicode(module.location) for module in [unit, sub_section, section, self.course]]
+        )
 
     def test_course_update_no_args(self):
         self.client.login(username=self.username, password=self.password)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/views.py
index e18a62c4c3..2a809db81f 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/views.py
@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ class UserCourseStatus(views.APIView):
 
     http_method_names = ["get", "patch"]
 
-    def _last_visited_module_id(self, request, course):
+    def _last_visited_module_path(self, request, course):
         """
-        Returns the id of the last module visited by the current user in the given course.
-        If there is no such visit returns the default (the first item deep enough down the course tree)
+        Returns the path from the last module visited by the current user in the given course up to
+        the course module. If there is no such visit, the first item deep enough down the course
+        tree is used.
         """
         field_data_cache = FieldDataCache.cache_for_descriptor_descendents(
             course.id, request.user, course, depth=2)
@@ -101,13 +102,16 @@ class UserCourseStatus(views.APIView):
         course_module = get_module_for_descriptor(request.user, request, course, field_data_cache, course.id)
         current = course_module
 
+        path = []
         child = current
         while child:
+            path.append(child)
             child = get_current_child(current)
             if child:
                 current = child
 
-        return current
+        path.reverse()
+        return path
 
     def _process_arguments(self, request, username, course_id, course_handler):
         """
@@ -134,8 +138,12 @@ class UserCourseStatus(views.APIView):
         """
         Returns the course status
         """
-        current_module = self._last_visited_module_id(request, course)
-        return Response({"last_visited_module_id": unicode(current_module.location)})
+        path = self._last_visited_module_path(request, course)
+        path_ids = [unicode(module.location) for module in path]
+        return Response({
+            "last_visited_module_id": path_ids[0],
+            "last_visited_module_path": path_ids,
+        })
 
     def get(self, request, username, course_id):
         """
@@ -151,6 +159,8 @@ class UserCourseStatus(views.APIView):
 
         * last_visited_module_id: The id of the last module visited by the user in the given course
 
+        * last_visited_module_path: The ids of the modules in the path from the last visited module
+          to the course module
         """
 
         return self._process_arguments(request, username, course_id, lambda course: self.get_course_info(request, course))