diff --git a/src/courseware/course/Course.jsx b/src/courseware/course/Course.jsx
index 9f3e0994..294caa75 100644
--- a/src/courseware/course/Course.jsx
+++ b/src/courseware/course/Course.jsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default function Course({
         />
       )}
       <CourseTabsNavigation tabs={tabs} activeTabSlug="courseware" />
-      <div className="container-fluid flex-grow-1 d-flex flex-column">
+      <div className="container-fluid">
         <AlertList
           className="my-3"
           topic="course"
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ export default function Course({
           unitId={unitId}
           models={models}
         />
+        <AlertList topic="sequence" />
+      </div>
+      <div className="flex-grow-1 d-flex flex-column">
         <SequenceContainer
           key={sequenceId}
           courseUsageKey={courseUsageKey}
@@ -97,8 +100,8 @@ export default function Course({
           onNext={nextSequenceHandler}
           onPrevious={previousSequenceHandler}
         />
+        {verifiedMode && <CourseSock verifiedMode={verifiedMode} />}
       </div>
-      {verifiedMode && <CourseSock verifiedMode={verifiedMode} />}
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/courseware/course/SequenceContainer.jsx b/src/courseware/course/SequenceContainer.jsx
index 6ab03dee..5b288e78 100644
--- a/src/courseware/course/SequenceContainer.jsx
+++ b/src/courseware/course/SequenceContainer.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { history } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
 import messages from '../messages';
 import PageLoading from '../../PageLoading';
 import Sequence from '../sequence/Sequence';
-import AlertList from '../../user-messages/AlertList';
 import { fetchSequenceMetadata, checkBlockCompletion, saveSequencePosition } from '../../data/course-blocks';
 import { createSequenceIdList } from '../utils';
 
@@ -75,35 +74,32 @@ function SequenceContainer(props) {
   const isLastUnit = sequenceIds.indexOf(sequenceId) === sequenceIds.length - 1
     && unitIds.indexOf(unitId) === unitIds.length - 1;
   return (
-    <>
-      <AlertList topic="sequence" />
-      <div className="course-content-container">
-        {isLoading ? (
-          <PageLoading
-            srMessage={intl.formatMessage(messages['learn.loading.learning.sequence'])}
-          />
-        ) : (
-          <Sequence
-            activeUnitId={unitId}
-            bannerText={bannerText}
-            courseUsageKey={courseUsageKey}
-            displayName={displayName}
-            isFirstUnit={isFirstUnit}
-            isGated={gatedContent.gated}
-            isLastUnit={isLastUnit}
-            onNavigateUnit={handleUnitNavigation}
-            onNext={onNext}
-            onPrevious={onPrevious}
-            prerequisite={{
-              id: gatedContent.prereqId,
-              name: gatedContent.gatedSectionName,
-            }}
-            showCompletion={showCompletion}
-            unitIds={unitIds}
-          />
-        )}
-      </div>
-    </>
+    <div className="sequence-container">
+      {isLoading ? (
+        <PageLoading
+          srMessage={intl.formatMessage(messages['learn.loading.learning.sequence'])}
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <Sequence
+          activeUnitId={unitId}
+          bannerText={bannerText}
+          courseUsageKey={courseUsageKey}
+          displayName={displayName}
+          isFirstUnit={isFirstUnit}
+          isGated={gatedContent.gated}
+          isLastUnit={isLastUnit}
+          onNavigateUnit={handleUnitNavigation}
+          onNext={onNext}
+          onPrevious={onPrevious}
+          prerequisite={{
+            id: gatedContent.prereqId,
+            name: gatedContent.gatedSectionName,
+          }}
+          showCompletion={showCompletion}
+          unitIds={unitIds}
+        />
+      )}
+    </div>
 
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/courseware/sequence/Sequence.jsx b/src/courseware/sequence/Sequence.jsx
index 394775cb..6286364b 100644
--- a/src/courseware/sequence/Sequence.jsx
+++ b/src/courseware/sequence/Sequence.jsx
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ import React, {
 } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { sendTrackEvent } from '@edx/frontend-platform/analytics';
-import { injectIntl, intlShape, FormattedMessage } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { faChevronLeft, faChevronRight } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-import { Button } from '@edx/paragon';
+import { injectIntl, intlShape } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
 
 import Unit from './Unit';
 import SequenceNavigation from './SequenceNavigation';
 import PageLoading from '../../PageLoading';
 import messages from './messages';
 import UserMessagesContext from '../../user-messages/UserMessagesContext';
+import UnitNavigation from './UnitNavigation';
 
 const ContentLock = React.lazy(() => import('./content-lock'));
 
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ function Sequence({
   }, [activeUnitId]);
 
   return (
-    <>
+    <div className="sequence">
       <SequenceNavigation
         activeUnitId={activeUnitId}
         className="mb-4"
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ function Sequence({
         showCompletion={showCompletion}
         unitIds={unitIds}
       />
-      <div className="flex-grow-1">
+      <div className="unit-container flex-grow-1">
         {isGated && (
           <Suspense
             fallback={(
@@ -148,50 +146,22 @@ function Sequence({
             onLoaded={handleUnitLoaded}
           />
         )}
-      </div>
-      {unitHasLoaded ? (
-        <div className="unit-content-container below-unit-navigation">
-          <Button
-            className="btn-outline-secondary previous-button w-25 mr-2"
-            disabled={isFirstUnit}
-            onClick={() => {
+        {unitHasLoaded && (
+          <UnitNavigation
+            isFirstUnit={isFirstUnit}
+            onClickPrevious={() => {
               logEvent('edx.ui.lms.sequence.previous_selected', 'bottom');
               handlePrevious();
             }}
-          >
-            <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faChevronLeft} className="mr-2" size="sm" />
-            <FormattedMessage
-              id="learn.sequence.navigation.after.unit.previous"
-              description="The button to go to the previous unit"
-              defaultMessage="Previous"
-            />
-          </Button>
-          {isLastUnit ? (
-            <div className="m-2">
-              <span role="img" aria-hidden="true">&#129303;</span> {/* This is a hugging face emoji */}
-              {' '}
-              {intl.formatMessage(messages['learn.end.of.course'])}
-            </div>
-          ) : (
-            <Button
-              className="btn-outline-primary next-button w-75"
-              onClick={() => {
-                logEvent('edx.ui.lms.sequence.next_selected', 'bottom');
-                handleNext();
-              }}
-              disabled={isLastUnit}
-            >
-              <FormattedMessage
-                id="learn.sequence.navigation.after.unit.next"
-                description="The button to go to the next unit"
-                defaultMessage="Next"
-              />
-              <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faChevronRight} className="ml-2" size="sm" />
-            </Button>
-          )}
-        </div>
-      ) : null}
-    </>
+            onClickNext={() => {
+              logEvent('edx.ui.lms.sequence.next_selected', 'bottom');
+              handleNext();
+            }}
+            isLastUnit={isLastUnit}
+          />
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/courseware/sequence/Unit.jsx b/src/courseware/sequence/Unit.jsx
index 55030272..07975e80 100644
--- a/src/courseware/sequence/Unit.jsx
+++ b/src/courseware/sequence/Unit.jsx
@@ -43,26 +43,26 @@ function Unit({
   };
 
   return (
-    <>
-      <div className="unit-content-container">
-        <h2 className="mb-0 h4">{displayName}</h2>
-        <BookmarkButton
-          onClick={toggleBookmark}
-          isBookmarked={bookmarked}
-          isProcessing={bookmarkedUpdateState === 'loading'}
+    <div className="unit">
+      <h2 className="mb-0 h4">{displayName}</h2>
+      <BookmarkButton
+        onClick={toggleBookmark}
+        isBookmarked={bookmarked}
+        isProcessing={bookmarkedUpdateState === 'loading'}
+      />
+      <div className="unit-iframe-wrapper">
+        <iframe
+          id="unit-iframe"
+          title={displayName}
+          ref={iframeRef}
+          src={iframeUrl}
+          allowFullScreen
+          height={iframeHeight}
+          scrolling="no"
+          referrerPolicy="origin"
         />
       </div>
-      <iframe
-        id="unit-iframe"
-        title={displayName}
-        ref={iframeRef}
-        src={iframeUrl}
-        allowFullScreen
-        height={iframeHeight}
-        scrolling="no"
-        referrerPolicy="origin"
-      />
-    </>
+    </div>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/courseware/sequence/UnitNavigation.jsx b/src/courseware/sequence/UnitNavigation.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..988ca21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/courseware/sequence/UnitNavigation.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { Button } from '@edx/paragon';
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
+import { faChevronLeft, faChevronRight } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
+import { FormattedMessage } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
+
+export default function UnitNavigation(props) {
+  const {
+    isFirstUnit,
+    isLastUnit,
+    onClickPrevious,
+    onClickNext,
+  } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="unit-navigation d-flex">
+      <Button
+        className="btn-outline-secondary previous-button mr-2"
+        disabled={isFirstUnit}
+        onClick={onClickPrevious}
+      >
+        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faChevronLeft} className="mr-2" size="sm" />
+        <FormattedMessage
+          id="learn.sequence.navigation.after.unit.previous"
+          description="The button to go to the previous unit"
+          defaultMessage="Previous"
+        />
+      </Button>
+      {isLastUnit ? (
+        <div className="m-2">
+          <span role="img" aria-hidden="true">&#129303;</span> {/* This is a hugging face emoji */}
+          {' '}
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="learn.end.of.course"
+            description="Message shown to students in place of a 'Next' button when they're at the end of a course."
+            defaultMessage="You've reached the end of this course!"
+          />
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        <Button
+          className="btn-outline-primary next-button"
+          onClick={onClickNext}
+          disabled={isLastUnit}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="learn.sequence.navigation.after.unit.next"
+            description="The button to go to the next unit"
+            defaultMessage="Next"
+          />
+          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faChevronRight} className="ml-2" size="sm" />
+        </Button>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+UnitNavigation.propTypes = {
+  isFirstUnit: PropTypes.bool,
+  isLastUnit: PropTypes.bool,
+  onClickPrevious: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  onClickNext: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+};
+
+UnitNavigation.defaultProps = {
+  isFirstUnit: false,
+  isLastUnit: false,
+};
diff --git a/src/courseware/sequence/messages.js b/src/courseware/sequence/messages.js
index 9c04cc9b..fc3007bd 100644
--- a/src/courseware/sequence/messages.js
+++ b/src/courseware/sequence/messages.js
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     defaultMessage: 'Loading locked content messaging...',
     description: 'Message shown when an interface about locked content is being loaded',
   },
-  'learn.end.of.course': {
-    id: 'learn.end.of.course',
-    defaultMessage: "You've reached the end of this course!",
-    description: "Message shown to students in place of a 'Next' button when they're at the end of a course.",
-  },
 });
 
 export default messages;
diff --git a/src/index.scss b/src/index.scss
index 995bd2d6..3954a6ef 100755
--- a/src/index.scss
+++ b/src/index.scss
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ $primary: #1176B2;
 .course-tabs-navigation {
   border-bottom: solid 1px #EAEAEA;
 }
+
 .nav-underline-tabs {
   margin: 0 0 -1px;
   .nav-link {
@@ -70,19 +71,35 @@ $primary: #1176B2;
   }
 }
 
-.course-content-container {
-  border: solid 1px #EAEAEA;
-  border-radius: 4px;
-  margin-bottom: 4rem;
+.sequence-container {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   flex-grow: 1;
+  margin-bottom: 4rem;
+  // On mobile, the unit container will be responsible
+  // for container padding.
+  @media (min-width: map-get($grid-breakpoints, 'sm')) {
+    max-width: 1440px;
+    width: 100%;
+    padding: 0 $grid-gutter-width;
+    margin-right: auto;
+    margin-left: auto;
+  }
 }
 
+.sequence {
+  @media (min-width: map-get($grid-breakpoints, 'sm')) {
+    border: solid 1px #EAEAEA;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+  }
+}
 
 .sequence-navigation {
   display: flex;
-  margin: -1px -1px 0;
+  @media (min-width: map-get($grid-breakpoints, 'sm')) {
+    margin: -1px -1px 0;
+  }
+
   .btn {
     flex-grow: 1;
     display: block;
@@ -92,7 +109,7 @@ $primary: #1176B2;
     position: relative;
     font-weight: 400;
     flex-basis: 80%;
-    padding: .5rem;
+    padding: .625rem .375rem;
     color: theme-color('gray', 400);
 
     &:hover,
@@ -100,7 +117,6 @@ $primary: #1176B2;
     &.active {
       color: theme-color('gray', 700);
     }
-
     &:focus {
       z-index: 1;
     }
@@ -123,6 +139,7 @@ $primary: #1176B2;
       margin-left: 0;
     }
   }
+
   .previous-btn, .next-btn {
     flex-basis: 10em;
     min-width: 9em;
@@ -131,47 +148,65 @@ $primary: #1176B2;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
   }
+
   .previous-btn {
-    border-top-left-radius: 4px;
+    border-left-width: 0;
+    @media (min-width: map-get($grid-breakpoints, 'sm')) {
+      border-left-width: 1px;
+      border-top-left-radius: 4px;
+    }
   }
+
   .next-btn {
-    border-top-right-radius: 4px;
+    border-right-width: 0;
+    @media (min-width: map-get($grid-breakpoints, 'sm')) {
+      border-top-right-radius: 4px;
+      border-right-width: 1px;
+    }
   }
 }
 
-.unit-content-container {
-  padding-left: 20px;
-  padding-right: 20px;
+.unit-container {
+  padding: 0 $grid-gutter-width 2rem;
   max-width: 1024px;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
-  width: 100%;
   @media (min-width: 830px) {
     padding-left: 40px;
     padding-right: 40px;
   }
 }
 
-.below-unit-navigation {
+.unit-iframe-wrapper {
+  margin: 0 -20px 2rem;
+  @media (min-width: 830px) {
+    margin: 0 -40px 2rem;
+  }
+}
+
+#unit-iframe {
+  width: 100%;
+  border: none;
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.unit-navigation {
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
-  margin-top: 2rem;
-  margin-bottom: 2rem;
-  padding-left: 6rem;
-  padding-right: 6rem;
+  max-width: 640px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
   .previous-button,
   .next-button {
+    white-space: nowrap;
     border-radius: 4px;
     &:focus:before {
       border-radius: 6px;
     }
   }
+  .next-button {
+    flex-basis: 75%;
+  }
+  .previous-button {
+    flex-basis: 25%;
+  }
 }
-
-#unit-iframe {
-  max-width: 1024px;
-  width: 100%;
-  margin: 0 auto;
-  border: none;
-  display: block;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tabs/Tabs.jsx b/src/tabs/Tabs.jsx
index 32e7a58d..56308888 100644
--- a/src/tabs/Tabs.jsx
+++ b/src/tabs/Tabs.jsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default function Tabs({ children, className, ...attrs }) {
 
     // All tabs will be rendered. Those that would overflow are set to invisible.
     const wrappedChildren = childrenArray.map((child, index) => (
-      <li className="nav-item" style={cutOffIndex <= index ? invisibleStyle : null}>
+      <li className="nav-item flex-shrink-0" style={cutOffIndex <= index ? invisibleStyle : null}>
         {React.cloneElement(child)}
       </li>
     ));
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default function Tabs({ children, className, ...attrs }) {
     // it so it can be part of measurements)
     wrappedChildren.splice(cutOffIndex, 0, (
       <li
-        className="nav-item"
+        className="nav-item flex-shrink-0"
         style={cutOffIndex >= React.Children.count(children) ? invisibleStyle : null}
         ref={overflowEl}
       >