diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/bulk_change_enrollment.py b/common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/bulk_change_enrollment.py
index b026af7ea4..f7cb6d6762 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/bulk_change_enrollment.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/bulk_change_enrollment.py
@@ -83,15 +83,19 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         course_key_str = unicode(course_key)
 
         try:
+            course_enrollments = CourseEnrollment.objects.filter(course_id=course_key, mode=from_mode)
+            logger.info(
+                'Moving %d users from %s to %s in course %s.',
+                course_enrollments.count(), from_mode, to_mode, course_key_str
+            )
+            if not commit:
+                logger.info('Dry run, changes have not been saved. Run again with "commit" argument to save changes')
+                raise Exception('The --commit flag was not given; forcing rollback.')
             with transaction.atomic():
-                queryset = CourseEnrollment.objects.filter(course_id=course_key, mode=from_mode)
-                logger.info(
-                    'Moving %d users from %s to %s in course %s.', queryset.count(), from_mode, to_mode, course_key_str
-                )
-                queryset.update(mode=to_mode)
+                # call `change_mode` which will change the mode and also emit tracking event
+                for enrollment in course_enrollments:
+                    enrollment.change_mode(mode=to_mode)
 
-                if not commit:
-                    raise Exception('The --commit flag was not given; forcing rollback.')
-                logger.info('Finished moving users from %s to %s in course %s.', from_mode, to_mode, course_key_str)
+            logger.info('Finished moving users from %s to %s in course %s.', from_mode, to_mode, course_key_str)
         except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             logger.info('No users moved.')
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/management/tests/test_bulk_change_enrollment.py b/common/djangoapps/student/management/tests/test_bulk_change_enrollment.py
index 696c9608aa..8897c40547 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/management/tests/test_bulk_change_enrollment.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/management/tests/test_bulk_change_enrollment.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 import ddt
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.core.management.base import CommandError
+from mock import patch, call
 
 from student.tests.factories import UserFactory, CourseModeFactory, CourseEnrollmentFactory
-from student.models import CourseEnrollment
+from student.models import CourseEnrollment, EVENT_NAME_ENROLLMENT_MODE_CHANGED
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import SharedModuleStoreTestCase
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory
 
@@ -18,9 +19,10 @@ class BulkChangeEnrollmentTests(SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.course = CourseFactory.create()
         self.users = UserFactory.create_batch(5)
 
+    @patch('student.models.tracker')
     @ddt.data(('audit', 'honor'), ('honor', 'audit'))
     @ddt.unpack
-    def test_bulk_convert(self, from_mode, to_mode):
+    def test_bulk_convert(self, from_mode, to_mode, mock_tracker):
         """Verify that enrollments are changed correctly."""
         self._enroll_users(from_mode)
         CourseModeFactory(course_id=self.course.id, mode_slug=to_mode)
@@ -41,6 +43,16 @@ class BulkChangeEnrollmentTests(SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
         for user in self.users:
             CourseEnrollment.objects.get(mode=to_mode, course_id=self.course.id, user=user)
 
+            # Confirm the analytics event was emitted.
+            mock_tracker.emit.assert_has_calls(  # pylint: disable=maybe-no-member
+                [
+                    call(
+                        EVENT_NAME_ENROLLMENT_MODE_CHANGED,
+                        {'course_id': unicode(self.course.id), 'user_id': user.id, 'mode': to_mode}
+                    ),
+                ]
+            )
+
     def test_without_commit(self):
         """Verify that nothing happens when the `commit` flag is not given."""
         self._enroll_users('audit')