diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_auto_auth.py b/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_auto_auth.py
index 2605cc65f5..22a45982b3 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_auto_auth.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_auto_auth.py
@@ -175,7 +175,40 @@ class AutoAuthEnabledTestCase(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
             response_data
         )
 
-    def _auto_auth(self, params=None, **kwargs):
+    @ddt.data(*COURSE_IDS_DDT)
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_redirect_to_course(self, course_id, course_key):
+
+        # Create a user and enroll in a course
+        response = self._auto_auth({
+            'username': 'test',
+            'course_id': course_id,
+            'redirect': True,
+            'staff': 'true',
+        }, status_code=302)
+
+        # Check that a course enrollment was created for the user
+        self.assertEqual(CourseEnrollment.objects.count(), 1)
+        enrollment = CourseEnrollment.objects.get(course_id=course_key)
+        self.assertEqual(enrollment.user.username, "test")
+
+        # Check that the redirect was to the course info/outline page
+        urls = ('/info', 'course/{}'.format(course_key.to_deprecated_string()))
+        response.url.endswith(urls)  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+    def test_redirect_to_main(self):
+        # Create user and redirect to 'home' (cms) or 'dashboard' (lms)
+        response = self._auto_auth({
+            'username': 'test',
+            'redirect': True,
+            'staff': 'true',
+        }, status_code=302)
+
+        # Check that the redirect was to either /dashboard or /home
+        urls = ('/dashboard', '/home')
+        response.url.endswith(urls)  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+    def _auto_auth(self, params=None, status_code=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Make a request to the auto-auth end-point and check
         that the response is successful.
@@ -189,7 +222,9 @@ class AutoAuthEnabledTestCase(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
         """
         params = params or {}
         response = self.client.get(self.url, params, **kwargs)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+        expected_status_code = status_code if status_code else 200
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, expected_status_code)
 
         # Check that session and CSRF are set in the response
         for cookie in ['csrftoken', 'sessionid']:
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index 63c0d09511..4ccb99f418 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.views import password_reset_confirm
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.context_processors import csrf
 from django.core import mail
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse, NoReverseMatch
 from django.core.validators import validate_email, ValidationError
 from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction
 from django.http import (HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseForbidden,
@@ -1891,12 +1891,28 @@ def auto_auth(request):
     if redirect_when_done:
         # Redirect to course info page if course_id is known
         if course_id:
-            return redirect(reverse('info', kwargs={'course_id': unicode(course_id)}))
-        # Otherwise redirect to dashboard
+            try:
+                # redirect to course info page in LMS
+                redirect_url = reverse(
+                    'info',
+                    kwargs={'course_id': unicode(course_id)}
+                )
+            except NoReverseMatch:
+                # redirect to course outline page in Studio
+                redirect_url = reverse(
+                    'course_handler',
+                    kwargs={'course_key_string': unicode(course_key)}
+                )
         else:
-            return redirect(reverse('dashboard'))
+            try:
+                # redirect to dashboard for LMS
+                redirect_url = reverse('dashboard')
+            except NoReverseMatch:
+                # redirect to home for Studio
+                redirect_url = reverse('home')
 
-    if request.META.get('HTTP_ACCEPT') == 'application/json':
+        return redirect(redirect_url)
+    elif request.META.get('HTTP_ACCEPT') == 'application/json':
         response = JsonResponse({
             'created_status': u"Logged in" if login_when_done else "Created",
             'username': username,