diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/spec/main.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/spec/main.coffee
index d80ab05764..9bd64c5a2a 100644
--- a/cms/static/coffee/spec/main.coffee
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/spec/main.coffee
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ define([
     "js/spec/views/pages/group_configurations_spec",
     "js/spec/views/pages/course_outline_spec",
     "js/spec/views/pages/course_rerun_spec",
+    "js/spec/views/pages/index_spec",
 
     "js/spec/views/modals/base_modal_spec",
     "js/spec/views/modals/edit_xblock_spec",
diff --git a/cms/static/js/index.js b/cms/static/js/index.js
index bf7feb89b3..de124f224b 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/index.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require(["domReady", "jquery", "underscore", "js/utils/cancel_on_escape"],
+define(["domReady", "jquery", "underscore", "js/utils/cancel_on_escape"],
     function (domReady, $, _, CancelOnEscape) {
 
         var dismissNotification = function (e) {
@@ -172,9 +172,15 @@ require(["domReady", "jquery", "underscore", "js/utils/cancel_on_escape"],
             }
         };
 
-
-        domReady(function () {
+        var onReady = function () {
             $('.new-course-button').bind('click', addNewCourse);
             $('.dismiss-button').bind('click', dismissNotification);
-        });
+        };
+
+        domReady(onReady);
+
+        return {
+            dismissNotification: dismissNotification,
+            onReady: onReady
+        };
     });
diff --git a/cms/static/js/spec/views/pages/index_spec.js b/cms/static/js/spec/views/pages/index_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bffe8b5e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/js/spec/views/pages/index_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+define(["jquery", "js/spec_helpers/create_sinon", "js/spec_helpers/view_helpers", "js/index"],
+    function ($, create_sinon, view_helpers, IndexPage) {
+        describe("Course listing page", function () {
+            var mockIndexPageHTML = readFixtures('mock/mock-index-page.underscore');
+
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                view_helpers.installMockAnalytics();
+                appendSetFixtures(mockIndexPageHTML);
+                IndexPage.onReady();
+            });
+
+            afterEach(function () {
+                view_helpers.removeMockAnalytics();
+                delete window.source_course_key;
+            });
+
+
+            it("can dismiss notifications", function () {
+                var requests = create_sinon.requests(this);
+                $('.dismiss-button').click();
+                create_sinon.expectJsonRequest(requests, 'DELETE', 'dummy_dismiss_url');
+            });
+        });
+    });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/course_rerun.js b/cms/static/js/views/course_rerun.js
index 57bba6351c..529e9029a9 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/course_rerun.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/course_rerun.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-define(["domReady", "jquery", "underscore", "js/utils/cancel_on_escape"],
-    function (domReady, $, _, CancelOnEscape) {
+define(["domReady", "jquery", "underscore"],
+    function (domReady, $, _) {
 
         var saveRerunCourse = function (e) {
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ define(["domReady", "jquery", "underscore", "js/utils/cancel_on_escape"],
             $courseRun.focus().select();
             $('.rerun-course-save').on('click', saveRerunCourse);
             $cancelButton.bind('click', cancelRerunCourse);
-            CancelOnEscape($cancelButton);
             $('.cancel-button').bind('click', cancelRerunCourse);
 
             // Check that a course (org, number, run) doesn't use any special characters
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-course-rerun-notification.underscore b/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-course-rerun-notification.underscore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68a0ddea8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-course-rerun-notification.underscore
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<div id="page-alert">
+    <div class="wrapper wrapper-alert wrapper-alert-announcement is-shown">
+        <div class="alert announcement has-actions">
+            <i class="alert-symbol icon-bullhorn"></i>
+
+            <div class="copy">
+                <h2 class="title title-3">This course was created as a re-run. Some manual configuration is needed.</h2>
+
+                <p>Be sure to review and reset all dates (the Course Start Date was set to January 1, 2030); set up the
+                    course team; review course updates and other assets for dated material; and seed the discussions and
+                    wiki.</p>
+            </div>
+
+            <ul class="nav-actions">
+                <li class="action action-dismiss">
+                    <a href="#" class="button dismiss-button" data-dismiss-link="dummy_dismiss_url">
+                        <i class="icon icon-remove-sign"></i>
+                        <span class="button-copy">Dimiss</span>
+                    </a>
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-index-page.underscore b/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-index-page.underscore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f63f12e571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-index-page.underscore
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+<div class="wrapper-mast wrapper">
+  <header class="mast has-actions">
+    <h1 class="page-header">My Courses</h1>
+    <nav class="nav-actions">
+      <h3 class="sr">Page Actions</h3>
+      <ul>
+        <li class="nav-item">
+          <a href="#" class="button new-button new-course-button"><i class="icon-plus icon-inline"></i>
+              New Course</a>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+  </header>
+</div>
+
+<div class="wrapper-content wrapper">
+  <section class="content">
+    <article class="content-primary" role="main">
+
+      <div class="introduction">
+        <h2 class="title">Welcome, user!</h2>
+        <div class="copy">
+          <p>Here are all of the courses you currently have access to in Studio:</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="wrapper-create-element wrapper-create-course">
+        <form class="form-create create-course course-info" id="create-course-form" name="create-course-form">
+          <div class="wrap-error">
+            <div id="course_creation_error" name="course_creation_error" class="message message-status message-status error" role="alert">
+            <p>Please correct the highlighted fields below.</p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="wrapper-form">
+            <h3 class="title">Create a New Course</h3>
+
+            <fieldset>
+              <legend class="sr">Required Information to Create a New Course</legend>
+
+              <ol class="list-input">
+                <li class="field text required" id="field-course-name">
+                  <label for="new-course-name">Course Name</label>
+                  <input class="new-course-name" id="new-course-name" type="text" name="new-course-name" aria-required="true" placeholder="e.g. Introduction to Computer Science" />
+                  <span class="tip">The public display name for your course. This cannot be changed, but you can set a different display name in Advanced Settings later.</span>
+                  <span class="tip tip-error is-hiding"></span>
+                </li>
+                <li class="field text required" id="field-organization">
+                  <label for="new-course-org">Organization</label>
+                  <input class="new-course-org" id="new-course-org" type="text" name="new-course-org" aria-required="true" placeholder="e.g. UniversityX or OrganizationX" />
+                  <span class="tip">The name of the organization sponsoring the course.  <strong>Note: This is part of your course URL, so no spaces or special characters are allowed.</strong> This cannot be changed, but you can set a different display name in Advanced Settings later.</span>
+                  <span class="tip tip-error is-hiding"></span>
+                </li>
+
+                <li class="field text required" id="field-course-number">
+                  <label for="new-course-number">Course Number</label>
+                  <input class="new-course-number" id="new-course-number" type="text" name="new-course-number" aria-required="true" placeholder="e.g. CS101" />
+                  <span class="tip">The unique number that identifies your course within your organization. <strong>Note: This is part of your course URL, so no spaces or special characters are allowed and it cannot be changed.</strong></span>
+                  <span class="tip tip-error is-hiding"></span>
+                </li>
+
+                <li class="field text required" id="field-course-run">
+                  <label for="new-course-run">Course Run</label>
+                  <input class="new-course-run" id="new-course-run" type="text" name="new-course-run" aria-required="true"placeholder="e.g. 2014_T1" />
+                  <span class="tip">The term in which your course will run. <strong>Note: This is part of your course URL, so no spaces or special characters are allowed and it cannot be changed.</strong></span>
+                  <span class="tip tip-error is-hiding"></span>
+                </li>
+              </ol>
+
+            </fieldset>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="actions">
+            <input type="hidden" value="true" class="allow-unicode-course-id" />
+            <input type="submit" value="Create" class="action action-primary new-course-save" />
+            <input type="button" value="Cancel" class="action action-secondary action-cancel new-course-cancel" />
+          </div>
+        </form>
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- STATE: processing courses -->
+      <div class="courses courses-processing">
+          <h3 class="title">Courses Being Processed</h3>
+
+          <ul class="list-courses">
+            <!-- STATE: re-run is processing -->
+            <li class="wrapper-course has-status" data-test-unsucceeded="edX/DM101/2014">
+              <div class="course-item course-rerun is-processing">
+                <div class="course-details" href="#">
+                  <h3 class="course-title">Demo Course</h3>
+
+                  <div class="course-metadata">
+                    <span class="course-org metadata-item">
+                      <span class="label">Organization:</span> <span class="value">edX</span>
+                    </span>
+                    <span class="course-num metadata-item">
+                      <span class="label">Course Number:</span>
+                      <span class="value">DM101</span>
+                    </span>
+                    <span class="course-run metadata-item">
+                      <span class="label">Course Run:</span> <span class="value">2014</span>
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+
+                <dl class="course-status">
+                  <dt class="label sr">This re-run processing status:</dt>
+                  <dd class="value">
+                    <i class="icon icon-refresh icon-spin"></i>
+                    <span class="copy">Configuring as re-run</span>
+                  </dd>
+                </dl>
+              </div>
+
+              <div class="status-message">
+                <p class="copy">The new course will be added to your course list in 5-10 minutes. Return to this page or refresh it to update the course list. The new course will need some manual configuration.</p>
+              </div>
+            </li>
+
+            <!-- - - - -->
+
+            <!-- STATE: re-run has error -->
+            <li class="wrapper-course has-status" data-test-unsucceeded="edX/DM102/2014">
+              <div class="course-item course-rerun has-error">
+                <div class="course-details" href="#">
+                  <h3 class="course-title">Demo Course 2</h3>
+
+                  <div class="course-metadata">
+                    <span class="course-org metadata-item">
+                      <span class="label">Organization:</span> <span class="value">edX</span>
+                    </span>
+                    <span class="course-num metadata-item">
+                      <span class="label">Course Number:</span>
+                      <span class="value">DM102</span>
+                    </span>
+                    <span class="course-run metadata-item">
+                      <span class="label">Course Run:</span> <span class="value">2014</span>
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+
+                <dl class="course-status">
+                  <dt class="label sr">This re-run processing status:</dt>
+                  <dd class="value">
+                    <i class="icon icon-warning-sign"></i>
+                    <span class="copy">Configuration Error</span>
+                  </dd>
+                </dl>
+              </div>
+
+              <div class="status-message has-actions">
+                <p class="copy">A system error occurred while your course was being processed. Please go to the original course to try the re-run again, or contact your PM for assistance.</p>
+
+                <ul  class="status-actions">
+                  <li class="action action-dismiss">
+                    <a href="#" class="button dismiss-button" data-dismiss-link="dummy_dismiss_url">
+                      <i class="icon icon-remove-sign"></i>
+                      <span class="button-copy">Dismiss</span>
+                    </a>
+                  </li>
+                </ul>
+              </div>
+            </li>
+          </ul>
+      </div>
+    </article>
+  </section>
+</div>