diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/api.py b/common/djangoapps/student/api.py
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+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from student.models_api import create_manual_enrollment_audit as _create_manual_enrollment_audit
+from student.models_api import get_course_enrollment as _get_course_enrollment
+from student.models_api import (
+    ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED as _ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED,
+    ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED as _ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED as _UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED as _UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL as _UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL,
+    ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED as _ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED,
+    ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED as _ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE as _DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE,
+)
+from openedx.core.djangoapps.site_configuration import helpers as configuration_helpers
+
+
+# This is done so that if these strings change within the app, we can keep exported constants the same
+ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED = _ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED
+ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED = _ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED
+UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED = _UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED
+UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED = _UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED
+UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL = _UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL
+ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED = _ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED
+ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED = _ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED
+DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE = _DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE
+
+TRANSITION_STATES = (
+    ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED,
+    ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL,
+    ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED,
+    ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE,
+)
+
+MANUAL_ENROLLMENT_ROLE_CHOICES = configuration_helpers.get_value(
+    'MANUAL_ENROLLMENT_ROLE_CHOICES',
+    settings.MANUAL_ENROLLMENT_ROLE_CHOICES
+)
+
+
+def create_manual_enrollment_audit(
+    enrolled_by,
+    user_email,
+    transition_state,
+    reason,
+    course_run_key=None,
+    role=None
+):
+    """
+    Creates an audit item for a manual enrollment.
+    Parameters:
+        enrolled_by: <auth.User> of the person that is manually enrolling
+        user_email: <str> email of the user being enrolled
+        transition_state: <str> state of enrollment transition state from _TRANSITIONS_STATES
+        reason: <str> Reason why user was manually enrolled
+        course_run_key: <str> Used to link the audit enrollment to the actual enrollment
+        role: <str> role of the enrolled user from MANUAL_ENROLLMENT_ROLE_CHOICES
+
+    Note: We purposefully *exclude* passing items like CourseEnrollment objects to prevent callers from needed to
+    know about model level code.
+    """
+    if role and role not in MANUAL_ENROLLMENT_ROLE_CHOICES:
+        raise ValueError("Role `{}` not in allowed roles: `{}".format(role, MANUAL_ENROLLMENT_ROLE_CHOICES))
+    if transition_state not in TRANSITION_STATES:
+        raise ValueError("State `{}` not in allow states: `{}`".format(transition_state, TRANSITION_STATES))
+
+    User = get_user_model()
+    try:
+        enrolled_user = User.objects.get(email=user_email)
+    except User.DoesNotExist:
+        enrolled_user = None
+
+    if enrolled_user and course_run_key:
+        enrollment = _get_course_enrollment(enrolled_user, course_run_key)
+    else:
+        enrollment = None
+
+    _create_manual_enrollment_audit(
+        enrolled_by,
+        user_email,
+        transition_state,
+        reason,
+        enrollment,
+        role
+    )
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/models_api.py b/common/djangoapps/student/models_api.py
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+"""
+Provides Python APIs exposed from Student models.
+"""
+
+from student.models import CourseEnrollment as _CourseEnrollment
+from student.models import ManualEnrollmentAudit as _ManualEnrollmentAudit
+from student.models import (
+    ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED as _ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED,
+    ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED as _ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED as _UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED as _UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL as _UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL,
+    ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED as _ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED,
+    ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED as _ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED,
+    DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE as _DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE,
+)
+
+# This is done so that if these strings change within the app, we can keep exported constants the same
+ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED = _ENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED
+ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED = _ENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED
+UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED = _UNENROLLED_TO_ENROLLED
+UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED = _UNENROLLED_TO_UNENROLLED
+UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL = _UNENROLLED_TO_ALLOWEDTOENROLL
+ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED = _ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_ENROLLED
+ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED = _ALLOWEDTOENROLL_TO_UNENROLLED
+DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE = _DEFAULT_TRANSITION_STATE
+
+
+def create_manual_enrollment_audit(
+    enrolled_by,
+    user_email,
+    state_transition,
+    reason,
+    course_enrollment,
+    role
+):
+    _ManualEnrollmentAudit.create_manual_enrollment_audit(
+        user=enrolled_by,
+        email=user_email,
+        state_transition=state_transition,
+        reason=reason,
+        enrollment=course_enrollment,
+        role=role,
+    )
+
+
+def get_course_enrollment(user, course_run_key):
+    return _CourseEnrollment.get_enrollment(user, course_run_key)