diff --git a/application/controllers/NewrequestController.php b/application/controllers/NewrequestController.php
index f8d99e82bfde444aae72061ee9d1629357c6117e..db9ac4f58422fab1c87f4b2ab92ebccd6176864e 100644
--- a/application/controllers/NewrequestController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/NewrequestController.php
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ class NewRequestController extends Nmc_Controller_Action
         $requestFormOrder = array('CourseID',
                                   'CreditHours',
                                   'TimeLocation',
+                                  'NotesDescription',
                                   'GraduateTieIn',
                                   'SupportiveMaterial',
                                   //'AdditionalInformation',
@@ -475,6 +476,25 @@ class NewRequestController extends Nmc_Controller_Action
         echo $out->render('index.xhtml');
     }
 
+    public function notesDescriptionAction()
+    {
+        $out = new Nmc_View();
+
+        $out->page = 'request/edit_wrapper';
+        $out->requestPage = 'notes_description';
+        $out->css_files[] = '/css/request/nodes_description.css';
+        $out->js_files[] = '/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js';
+        $out->js_files[] = '/javascript/mce.js';
+
+        $course = Nmc_Registry_Session::getInstance()->course;
+        $request = Nmc_Registry_Session::getInstance()->request;
+
+        $out->course = $course;
+        $out->request = $request;
+
+        echo $out->render('index.xhtml');
+    }
+
     public function graduateTieInAction()
     {
         $out = new Nmc_View();
diff --git a/application/views/request/edit_wrapper.xhtml b/application/views/request/edit_wrapper.xhtml
index 2352f2f8d5e6dbe5bd211ece4a431a3e5883041b..164e99c3014651af28041c402e35c959c19106e8 100644
--- a/application/views/request/edit_wrapper.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/request/edit_wrapper.xhtml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
                 <li>
                      <a href="/NewRequest/TimeLocation">Time, Locations Taught</a>
                 </li>
+                <li>
+                     <a href="/NewRequest/NotesDescription">Notes &amp; Description</a>
+                </li>
                 <li>
                      <a href="/NewRequest/GraduateTieIn">Graduate Tie-in</a>
                 </li>
diff --git a/application/views/request/graduate_tie_in.xhtml b/application/views/request/graduate_tie_in.xhtml
index 9eed96d97c1e7777821c98c3223e195cbb28fd96..48a1feedca1ac1e105727aebf7f418a0f8e43854 100644
--- a/application/views/request/graduate_tie_in.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/request/graduate_tie_in.xhtml
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
-<fieldset>
-    <label>
-        <h2>Notes (will appear in italics)</h2>
-        <textarea name="notes" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->course->notes); ?></textarea>
-    </label>
-    <label>
-        <h2>Description</h2>
-        <textarea name="description" class="mceEditor"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->course->description); ?></textarea>
-    </label>
-</fieldset>
-
 <?php if($this->hasGradTieIn) { ?>
 <fieldset>
     <h2>Graduate Tie-in</h2>
+    <span id="grad_tie_in_note">
+        Grad Tie-in is <em>only</em> completed if credits, notes,
+        or prerequisites differ from 400-level course.
+    </span>
     <label>
         <h3>Credits</h3>
         <input type="text" name="gradTieIn[credits]" value ="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->course->gradTieIn->credits); ?>" />