diff --git a/src/index.jsx b/src/index.jsx
index 8a872f67..c6a11148 100755
--- a/src/index.jsx
+++ b/src/index.jsx
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ subscribe(APP_READY, () => {
         <Route
           exact
           path="/"
-
           render={() => <Link to="/course/course-v1%3AedX%2BDemoX%2BDemo_Course/block-v1:edX+DemoX+Demo_Course+type@sequential+block@edx_introduction/block-v1:edX+DemoX+Demo_Course+type@vertical+block@vertical_0270f6de40fc">Visit Demo Course</Link>}
         />
         <Route path="/course/:courseId/:subSectionId/:unitId" component={LearningSequencePage} />
+        <Route path="/course/:courseId/:subSectionId" component={LearningSequencePage} />
         <Route path="/course/:courseId" component={LearningSequencePage} />
       </Switch>
       <Footer />
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/LearningSequencePage.jsx b/src/learning-sequence/LearningSequencePage.jsx
index d4cbcaa2..de5e84ee 100644
--- a/src/learning-sequence/LearningSequencePage.jsx
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/LearningSequencePage.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { injectIntl, intlShape } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
 
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import PageLoading from './PageLoading';
 import messages from './messages';
 import CourseBreadcrumbs from './CourseBreadcrumbs';
 import CourseStructureContext from './CourseStructureContext';
-import { useLoadCourseStructure } from './data/hooks';
+import { useLoadCourseStructure, useMissingSubSectionRedirect } from './data/hooks';
 import SubSection from './sub-section/SubSection';
+import { history } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
 
 function LearningSequencePage({ match, intl }) {
   const {
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ function LearningSequencePage({ match, intl }) {
 
   const { blocks, loaded, courseBlockId } = useLoadCourseStructure(courseId);
 
+  useMissingSubSectionRedirect(loaded, blocks, courseId, courseBlockId, subSectionId);
+
   return (
     <main className="container-fluid d-flex flex-column flex-grow-1">
       <CourseStructureContext.Provider value={{
@@ -33,8 +36,8 @@ function LearningSequencePage({ match, intl }) {
           srMessage={intl.formatMessage(messages['learn.loading.learning.sequence'])}
         />}
 
-        {loaded && <CourseBreadcrumbs />}
-        <SubSection />
+        {loaded && unitId && <CourseBreadcrumbs />}
+        {subSectionId && <SubSection />}
       </CourseStructureContext.Provider>
 
     </main>
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/data/hooks.js b/src/learning-sequence/data/hooks.js
index 1cded515..fc9d2be0 100644
--- a/src/learning-sequence/data/hooks.js
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/data/hooks.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useContext, useMemo, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { history } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
 import { AppContext } from '@edx/frontend-platform/react';
 
 import CourseStructureContext from '../CourseStructureContext';
@@ -18,6 +19,26 @@ export function useBlockAncestry(blockId) {
   }, [blocks, blockId, loaded]);
 }
 
+export function useMissingSubSectionRedirect(
+  loaded,
+  blocks,
+  courseId,
+  courseBlockId,
+  subSectionId,
+) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (loaded && !subSectionId) {
+      const course = blocks[courseBlockId];
+      const nextSectionId = course.children[0];
+      const nextSection = blocks[nextSectionId];
+      const nextSubSectionId = nextSection.children[0];
+      const nextSubSection = blocks[nextSubSectionId];
+      const nextUnitId = nextSubSection.children[0];
+      history.push(`/course/${courseId}/${nextSubSectionId}/${nextUnitId}`);
+    }
+  }, [loaded, subSectionId]);
+}
+
 export function useLoadCourseStructure(courseId) {
   const { authenticatedUser } = useContext(AppContext);
 
@@ -48,7 +69,7 @@ export function useCurrentCourse() {
 export function useCurrentSubSection() {
   const { loaded, blocks, subSectionId } = useContext(CourseStructureContext);
 
-  return loaded ? blocks[subSectionId] : null;
+  return loaded && subSectionId ? blocks[subSectionId] : null;
 }
 
 export function useCurrentSection() {
@@ -60,7 +81,7 @@ export function useCurrentSection() {
 export function useCurrentUnit() {
   const { loaded, blocks, unitId } = useContext(CourseStructureContext);
 
-  return loaded ? blocks[unitId] : null;
+  return loaded && unitId ? blocks[unitId] : null;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/SubSection.jsx b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/SubSection.jsx
index bfcb06bc..25a2790d 100644
--- a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/SubSection.jsx
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/SubSection.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import React, { useContext } from 'react';
+import React, { useContext, Suspense } from 'react';
+import { injectIntl, intlShape } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
 
 import SubSectionNavigation from './SubSectionNavigation';
 import CourseStructureContext from '../CourseStructureContext';
@@ -7,22 +8,31 @@ import {
   useLoadSubSectionMetadata,
   useExamRedirect,
   usePersistentUnitPosition,
+  useMissingUnitRedirect,
 } from './data/hooks';
 import SubSectionMetadataContext from './SubSectionMetadataContext';
+import PageLoading from '../PageLoading';
+import messages from './messages';
+import { useCurrentUnit } from '../data/hooks';
 
-export default function SubSection() {
+const ContentLock = React.lazy(() => import('./content-lock'));
+
+function SubSection({ intl }) {
   const {
     courseId,
     subSectionId,
     unitId,
     blocks,
   } = useContext(CourseStructureContext);
-  const { metadata } = useLoadSubSectionMetadata(courseId, subSectionId);
+  const { metadata, loaded } = useLoadSubSectionMetadata(courseId, subSectionId);
   usePersistentUnitPosition(courseId, subSectionId, unitId, metadata);
 
   useExamRedirect(metadata, blocks);
 
-  const ready = blocks !== null && metadata !== null;
+  useMissingUnitRedirect(metadata, loaded);
+  const unit = useCurrentUnit();
+
+  const ready = blocks !== null && metadata !== null && unitId && unit;
 
   if (!ready) {
     return null;
@@ -34,9 +44,22 @@ export default function SubSection() {
     <SubSectionMetadataContext.Provider value={metadata}>
       <section className="d-flex flex-column flex-grow-1">
         <SubSectionNavigation />
-        {isGated && <div>This is gated content.</div>}
-        {!isGated && <Unit id={unitId} unit={blocks[unitId]} />}
+        {isGated && (
+          <Suspense fallback={<PageLoading
+            srMessage={intl.formatMessage(messages['learn.loading.content.lock'])}
+          />}
+          >
+            <ContentLock />
+          </Suspense>
+        )}
+        {!isGated && <Unit id={unitId} unit={unit} />}
       </section>
     </SubSectionMetadataContext.Provider>
   );
 }
+
+SubSection.propTypes = {
+  intl: intlShape.isRequired,
+};
+
+export default injectIntl(SubSection);
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/SubSectionNavigation.jsx b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/SubSectionNavigation.jsx
index 677f4d52..0caa786d 100644
--- a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/SubSectionNavigation.jsx
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/SubSectionNavigation.jsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ UnitIcon.propTypes = {
 };
 
 export default function SubSectionNavigation() {
-  const { courseId } = useContext(CourseStructureContext);
+  const { courseId, unitId } = useContext(CourseStructureContext);
   const previousUnit = usePreviousUnit();
   const nextUnit = useNextUnit();
 
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ export default function SubSectionNavigation() {
     history.push(`/course/${courseId}/${unit.parentId}/${unit.id}`);
   });
 
+  if (!unitId) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   return (
     <nav className="flex-grow-0 d-flex w-100 mb-3">
       <Button
@@ -82,8 +86,8 @@ export default function SubSectionNavigation() {
 }
 
 function UnitNavigation({ clickHandler }) {
-  const units = useCurrentSubSectionUnits();
   const currentUnit = useCurrentUnit();
+  const units = useCurrentSubSectionUnits();
   const metadata = useContext(SubSectionMetadataContext);
 
   const isGated = metadata.gatedContent.gated;
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/ContentLock.jsx b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/ContentLock.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..622a49e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/ContentLock.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import React, { useContext, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
+import { faLock } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
+import { injectIntl, intlShape } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
+import { history } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import { Button } from '@edx/paragon';
+
+import SubSectionMetadataContext from '../SubSectionMetadataContext';
+import messages from './messages';
+import { useCurrentSubSection } from '../../data/hooks';
+import CourseStructureContext from '../../CourseStructureContext';
+
+function ContentLock({ intl }) {
+  const { courseId } = useContext(CourseStructureContext);
+  const metadata = useContext(SubSectionMetadataContext);
+  const subSection = useCurrentSubSection();
+
+  const handleClick = useCallback(() => {
+    history.push(`/course/${courseId}/${metadata.gatedContent.prereqId}`);
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <h3>
+        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faLock} />{' '}
+        {subSection.displayName}
+      </h3>
+      <h4>{intl.formatMessage(messages['learn.contentLock.content.locked'])}</h4>
+      <p>{intl.formatMessage(messages['learn.contentLock.complete.prerequisite'], {
+        prereqSectionName: metadata.gatedContent.prereqSectionName,
+      })}
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        <Button className="btn-primary" onClick={handleClick}>{intl.formatMessage(messages['learn.contentLock.goToSection'])}</Button>
+      </p>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+ContentLock.propTypes = {
+  intl: intlShape.isRequired,
+};
+
+export default injectIntl(ContentLock);
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/index.js b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81524e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './ContentLock';
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/messages.js b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/messages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..872009b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/content-lock/messages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { defineMessages } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
+
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  'learn.contentLock.content.locked': {
+    id: 'learn.contentLock.content.locked',
+    defaultMessage: 'Content Locked',
+    description: 'Message shown to indicate that a piece of content is unavailable and has a prerequisite.',
+  },
+  'learn.contentLock.complete.prerequisite': {
+    id: 'learn.contentLock.complete.prerequisite',
+    defaultMessage: "You must complete the prerequisite: '{prereqSectionName}' to access this content.",
+    description: 'Message shown to indicate which prerequisite the student must complete prior to accessing the locked content.  {prereqSectionName} is the name of the prerequisite.',
+  },
+  'learn.contentLock.goToSection': {
+    id: 'learn.contentLock.goToSection',
+    defaultMessage: 'Go To Prerequisite Section',
+    description: 'A button users can click that navigates their browser to the prerequisite of this section.',
+  },
+});
+
+export default messages;
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/data/hooks.js b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/data/hooks.js
index 716d0413..b1e2e2c0 100644
--- a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/data/hooks.js
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/data/hooks.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
-import { camelCaseObject } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import { useState, useEffect, useContext } from 'react';
+import { camelCaseObject, history } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
 
 import { getSubSectionMetadata, saveSubSectionPosition } from './api';
+import CourseStructureContext from '../../CourseStructureContext';
 
 export function useLoadSubSectionMetadata(courseId, subSectionId) {
   const [metadata, setMetadata] = useState(null);
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ export function useLoadSubSectionMetadata(courseId, subSectionId) {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setLoaded(false);
+    setMetadata(null);
     getSubSectionMetadata(courseId, subSectionId).then((data) => {
       setMetadata(camelCaseObject(data));
       setLoaded(true);
@@ -59,3 +61,15 @@ export function usePersistentUnitPosition(courseId, subSectionId, unitId, subSec
     saveSubSectionPosition(courseId, subSectionId, newPosition);
   }, [courseId, subSectionId, unitId, subSectionMetadata]);
 }
+
+export function useMissingUnitRedirect(metadata, loaded) {
+  const { courseId, subSectionId, unitId } = useContext(CourseStructureContext);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (loaded && metadata.itemId === subSectionId && !unitId) {
+      // Position comes from the server as a 1-indexed array index.  Convert it to 0-indexed.
+      const position = metadata.position - 1;
+      const nextUnitId = metadata.items[position].id;
+      history.push(`/course/${courseId}/${subSectionId}/${nextUnitId}`);
+    }
+  }, [loaded, metadata, unitId]);
+}
diff --git a/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/messages.js b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/messages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc3007bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/learning-sequence/sub-section/messages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { defineMessages } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
+
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  'learn.loading.content.lock': {
+    id: 'learn.loading.content.lock',
+    defaultMessage: 'Loading locked content messaging...',
+    description: 'Message shown when an interface about locked content is being loaded',
+  },
+});
+
+export default messages;