diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/api.py
index 8963a27805..349c05a5ba 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Course API
 """
 import logging
 
+from edx_django_utils.monitoring import function_trace
 from edx_when.api import get_dates_for_course
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser, User
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ def list_courses(request, username, org=None, filter_=None, search_term=None):
     return course_qs
 
 
+@function_trace('list_course_keys')
 def list_course_keys(request, username, role):
     """
     Yield all available CourseKeys for the user having the given role.
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py
index 931fbe83f8..56e69d1e0d 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Course API Serializers.  Representing course catalog data
 """
 
 
+from edx_django_utils.monitoring import function_trace
 import six.moves.urllib.error
 import six.moves.urllib.parse
 import six.moves.urllib.request
@@ -127,5 +128,7 @@ class CourseKeySerializer(serializers.BaseSerializer):  # pylint:disable=abstrac
     """
     Serializer that takes a CourseKey and serializes it to a string course_id.
     """
+
+    @function_trace('to_representation')
     def to_representation(self, instance):
         return str(instance)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py
index 5606d91fd7..c30ef3ce52 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Course API Views
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.paginator import InvalidPage
+from edx_django_utils.monitoring import function_trace
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.paginators import NamespacedPageNumberPagination
 from rest_framework.generics import ListAPIView, RetrieveAPIView
 from rest_framework.throttling import UserRateThrottle
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ class LazyPageNumberPagination(NamespacedPageNumberPagination):
 
     """
 
+    @function_trace('get_paginated_response')
     def get_paginated_response(self, data):
         # Clear the cached property values to recalculate the estimated count from the LazySequence
         del self.page.paginator.__dict__['count']
@@ -365,6 +367,7 @@ class CourseIdListView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, ListAPIView):
     serializer_class = CourseKeySerializer
     throttle_classes = (CourseIdListUserThrottle,)
 
+    @function_trace('get_queryset')
     def get_queryset(self):
         """
         Returns CourseKeys for courses which the user has the provided role.