diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/admin.py b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/admin.py
index 2599e5f334..ff2513585d 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/admin.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/admin.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from lms.djangoapps.bulk_email.forms import CourseAuthorizationAdminForm, Course
 from lms.djangoapps.bulk_email.models import (
     BulkEmailFlag,
     CourseAuthorization,
+    DisabledCourse,
     CourseEmail,
     CourseEmailTemplate,
     Optout
@@ -88,8 +89,14 @@ To enable email for the course, check the "Email enabled" box, then click "Save"
     )
 
 
+class DisabledCourseAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    """Admin for disabling bulk email on a course-by-course basis"""
+    list_display = ('course_id', )
+
+
 admin.site.register(CourseEmail, CourseEmailAdmin)
 admin.site.register(Optout, OptoutAdmin)
 admin.site.register(CourseEmailTemplate, CourseEmailTemplateAdmin)
 admin.site.register(CourseAuthorization, CourseAuthorizationAdmin)
 admin.site.register(BulkEmailFlag, ConfigurationModelAdmin)
+admin.site.register(DisabledCourse, DisabledCourseAdmin)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/migrations/0007_disabledcourse.py b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/migrations/0007_disabledcourse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5591fcaffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/migrations/0007_disabledcourse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.9 on 2021-11-22 16:05
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import opaque_keys.edx.django.models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('bulk_email', '0006_course_mode_targets'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='DisabledCourse',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('course_id', opaque_keys.edx.django.models.CourseKeyField(db_index=True, max_length=255, unique=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/models.py b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/models.py
index 62791721d8..852b79f23f 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/models.py
@@ -471,6 +471,28 @@ class CourseAuthorization(models.Model):
         return f"Course '{str(self.course_id)}': Instructor Email {not_en}Enabled"
 
 
+class DisabledCourse(models.Model):
+    """
+    Disable the bulk email feature for specific courses.
+
+    .. no_pii:
+    """
+    class Meta:
+        app_label = "bulk_email"
+
+    course_id = CourseKeyField(max_length=255, db_index=True, unique=True)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def instructor_email_disabled_for_course(cls, course_id):
+        """
+        Returns whether or not email is disabled for the given course id.
+        """
+        try:
+            return cls.objects.filter(course_id=course_id).exists()
+        except cls.DoesNotExist:
+            return False
+
+
 class BulkEmailFlag(ConfigurationModel):
     """
     Enables site-wide configuration for the bulk_email feature.
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/models_api.py b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/models_api.py
index 2e3799a50b..eef00ae880 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/models_api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/models_api.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Provides Python APIs exposed from Bulk Email models.
 """
 
 
-from lms.djangoapps.bulk_email.models import BulkEmailFlag, CourseAuthorization, Optout
+from lms.djangoapps.bulk_email.models import BulkEmailFlag, CourseAuthorization, DisabledCourse, Optout
 
 
 def is_user_opted_out_for_course(user, course_id):
@@ -48,3 +48,15 @@ def is_bulk_email_enabled_for_course(course_id):
         associated with the course_id; False otherwise
     """
     return CourseAuthorization.instructor_email_enabled(course_id)
+
+
+def is_bulk_email_disabled_for_course(course_id):
+    """
+    Arguments:
+        course_id: the course id of the course
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: True if the Bulk Email feature is disabled for the course
+        associated with the course_id; False otherwise
+    """
+    return DisabledCourse.instructor_email_disabled_for_course(course_id)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/tests/test_models.py b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/tests/test_models.py
index 5699f00253..b7719618ca 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/bulk_email/tests/test_models.py
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ from lms.djangoapps.bulk_email.models import (
     CourseAuthorization,
     CourseEmail,
     CourseEmailTemplate,
+    DisabledCourse,
     Optout
 )
+from lms.djangoapps.bulk_email.models_api import is_bulk_email_disabled_for_course
 from lms.djangoapps.bulk_email.tests.factories import TargetFactory
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.course_groups.models import CourseCohort
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
@@ -314,6 +316,27 @@ class CourseAuthorizationTest(TestCase):
         assert is_bulk_email_feature_enabled(course_id)
 
 
+class DisabledCourseTest(TestCase):
+    """
+    Test DisabledCourse model and api
+    """
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super().tearDown()
+        BulkEmailFlag.objects.all().delete()
+
+    def test_is_email_disabled_for_course(self):
+        BulkEmailFlag.objects.create(enabled=True)
+        course_id = CourseKey.from_string('abc/123/doremi')
+        # Test that course is not disabled by default
+        assert not is_bulk_email_disabled_for_course(course_id)
+
+        # Disable the course
+        disabled_course = DisabledCourse(course_id=course_id)
+        disabled_course.save()
+        # Course should be disabled
+        assert is_bulk_email_disabled_for_course(course_id)
+
+
 class TargetFilterTest(ModuleStoreTestCase):
     """
     Tests for the optional filtering of recipients from the results of the `get_users` method of the Target model.