diff --git a/application/controllers/CourseadminController.php b/application/controllers/CourseadminController.php
index f717764f4869dccde3ab658ecb6d25098f92dd93..9e48ccbd9a6db3162c51219faca0bce6a7ee13fe 100644
--- a/application/controllers/CourseadminController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/CourseadminController.php
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class CourseAdminController extends Nmc_Controller_Action
         }
         $out->creditsSingleValues = implode(' ', $creditsSingleValues);
 
+        $out->addJsFile('/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js');
+        $out->addJsFile('/javascript/mce.js');
         $out->assign('page', 'edit_course');
         $out->assign('course', $course);
         $out->assign('parentGeneration', $course->getParentGeneration());
diff --git a/application/views/edit_course.xhtml b/application/views/edit_course.xhtml
index 11cffbfd36f2aa076bc5c413e04fc45e50e6bf77..b223586a7d8ad802afc859c74faed9b505e20af7 100644
--- a/application/views/edit_course.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/edit_course.xhtml
@@ -525,15 +525,15 @@
 
     <h3>Prerequisite</h3>
     <fieldset>
-        <textarea id="prerequisite" name="prerequisite"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->prerequisite, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea id="prerequisite" name="prerequisite" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->prerequisite, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
     </fieldset>
     <h3>Notes</h3>
     <fieldset>
-        <textarea id="notes" name="notes"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->notes, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea id="notes" name="notes" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->notes, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
     </fieldset>
     <h3>Description</h3>
     <fieldset>
-        <textarea id="description" name="description"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->description, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
+        <textarea id="description" name="description" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlentities($this->course->description, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></textarea>
     </fieldset>
 </div>
 
@@ -556,11 +556,11 @@
         </label>
         <label>
             Prereq<br />
-            <textarea name="gradTieIn[prerequisites]"><?php echo $this->course->gradTieIn->prerequisites; ?></textarea><br />
+            <textarea name="gradTieIn[prerequisites]" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->course->gradTieIn->prerequisites; ?></textarea><br />
         </label>
         <label>
             Notes<br />
-            <textarea name="gradTieIn[notes]"><?php echo $this->course->gradTieIn->notes; ?></textarea>
+            <textarea name="gradTieIn[notes]" class="mceEditor"><?php echo $this->course->gradTieIn->notes; ?></textarea>
         </label>
     </fieldset>