diff --git a/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
index 12f730e06..ddeb42538 100644
--- a/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ class CoursesController < ApplicationController
     return courses
   end
 
+  def new
+    @course_type        = params[:course_type] ||= params[:course]
+    @issue_custom_fields = IssueCustomField.sorted.all
+    @trackers            = Tracker.sorted.all
+
+    @course                  = Course.new
+    @course.safe_attributes  = params[:course]
+
+    render :layout => 'base'
+  end
+
+
   def desc_sort_course_by_avtivity(activity_count,courses)
     return courses if activity_count.size<2
     (activity_count.size-2).downto(0) do |i|
diff --git a/app/views/courses/new.html.erb b/app/views/courses/new.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81e6ec37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/courses/new.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<%= labelled_form_for @course do |f| %>
+    <h3><%=l(:label_course_new)%></h3>
+    <div class="box tabular">
+     <%= render :partial => 'course_form', :locals => { :f => f } %>
+      <span style="padding-left: 60px"><%= submit_tag l(:button_create), :class => "enterprise"%></span>
+      <!-- <%= submit_tag l(:button_create_and_continue), :name => 'course_continue' %> -->
+    <%= javascript_tag "$('#course_name').focus();" %>
+    </div>
+<% end %>