diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
index 35607174d3..93e1481417 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
@@ -752,6 +752,17 @@ class CourseFields(object):
         scope=Scope.settings
     )
 
+    bypass_home = Boolean(
+        display_name=_("Bypass Course Home"),
+        help=_(
+            "Bypass the course home tab when students arrive from the dashboard, "
+            "sending them directly to course content."
+        ),
+        default=False,
+        scope=Scope.settings,
+        deprecated=True
+    )
+
     enable_subsection_gating = Boolean(
         display_name=_("Enable Subsection Prerequisites"),
         help=_(
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_course_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_course_module.py
index ffd63fed5b..1ccb50c0fa 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_course_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_course_module.py
@@ -365,6 +365,16 @@ class SelfPacedTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(self.course.self_paced)
 
 
+class BypassHomeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Tests for setting which allows course home to be bypassed."""
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(BypassHomeTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.course = get_dummy_course('2012-12-02T12:00')
+
+    def test_default(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.course.bypass_home)
+
+
 class CourseDescriptorTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     """
     Tests for a select few functions from CourseDescriptor.
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
index cae1b67c95..f8221cc247 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
@@ -652,6 +652,44 @@ class ViewsTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
             response = self.client.get(url)
             self.assertRedirects(response, reverse('signin_user') + '?next=' + url)
 
+    def test_bypass_course_info(self):
+        course_id = unicode(self.course_key)
+        request = self.request_factory.get(
+            reverse('info', args=[course_id])
+        )
+
+        # Middleware is not supported by the request factory. Simulate a
+        # logged-in user by setting request.user manually.
+        request.user = self.user
+        mako_middleware_process_request(request)
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.course.bypass_home)
+
+        self.assertIsNone(request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER'))  # pylint: disable=no-member
+        response = views.course_info(request, course_id)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+        request.META['HTTP_REFERER'] = reverse('dashboard')  # pylint: disable=no-member
+        response = views.course_info(request, course_id)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+        self.course.bypass_home = True
+        self.store.update_item(self.course, self.user.id)  # pylint: disable=no-member
+        self.assertTrue(self.course.bypass_home)
+
+        response = views.course_info(request, course_id)
+
+        # assertRedirects would be great here, but it forces redirections to be absolute URLs.
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.url,
+            reverse('courseware', args=[course_id])
+        )
+
+        request.META['HTTP_REFERER'] = 'foo'  # pylint: disable=no-member
+        response = views.course_info(request, course_id)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
 
 @attr('shard_1')
 # setting TIME_ZONE_DISPLAYED_FOR_DEADLINES explicitly
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index ee6df9b384..6eb261f7a3 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -694,6 +694,10 @@ def course_info(request, course_id):
         if request.user.is_authenticated() and survey.utils.must_answer_survey(course, user):
             return redirect(reverse('course_survey', args=[unicode(course.id)]))
 
+        is_from_dashboard = reverse('dashboard') in request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER', [])
+        if course.bypass_home and is_from_dashboard:
+            return redirect(reverse('courseware', args=[course_id]))
+
         studio_url = get_studio_url(course, 'course_info')
 
         # link to where the student should go to enroll in the course: