diff --git a/chrome-extension/course_sort/course_sort.js b/chrome-extension/course_sort/course_sort.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc0b400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrome-extension/course_sort/course_sort.js
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+const courseSortingLogPrefix = '[Course Sorting Script] ';
+
+console.log(courseSortingLogPrefix + "Course Sorting script loaded");
+
+// dropdown element
+const dropdownTemplate = `
+<div style="display: inline-block; margin-left: -20px; margin-right: 5px;">
+  <select class="size-dropdown" style="border-color: #ccc; border-radius: 3px; height: 34px; transform: translateY(3%); font-size: 14px; padding: 6px 12px;">
+    <option value="sortCourseCodeAsc">Sort By Course # (Default)</option>
+    <option value="sortSeatsAvailDes">Sort By Seats Available</option>
+    <option value="sortMostCommonGradeDes">Sort By A Grade Rate</option>
+    <option value="sortAvgGrade">Sort By Average Grade</option>
+    <option value="sortPopularityDes">Sort By Popularity</option>
+    <option value="sortUnitsDes">Sort By Units</option>
+  </select>
+</div>
+`;
+
+// handle sorting options
+const handleDropdownChange = (event) => {
+  var selectedValue = event.target.value;
+  console.log(courseSortingLogPrefix + "my choice: " + selectedValue);
+
+  const sortingFunctions = {
+    sortCourseCodeAsc: () => location.reload(),
+    sortSeatsAvailDes: () => 
+      {
+        const showSectionButtons = document.querySelectorAll('.action-sections.btn.btn-default');    
+        showSectionButtons.forEach(button => button.click());
+        const loadingElement = `<h2 class='loadingIndicator'><p>Sorting...</p></h2>`;
+        let courseListResults = document.querySelector('.course-list-results').parentElement;
+        courseListResults.insertBefore(htmlToElement(loadingElement), courseListResults.firstChild);
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          sortCourses(buildSeatsAvailableDict, 'sortSeatsAvailDes');
+        }, 500);
+      },
+    sortMostCommonGradeDes: () => sortCourses(buildMostCommonGradeDict, 'sortMostCommonGradeDes'),
+    sortAvgGrade: () => sortCourses(buildCourseAvgDict, 'sortAvgGrade'),
+    sortPopularityDes: () => sortCourses(buildPopularityDict, 'sortPopularityDes'),
+    sortUnitsDes: () => sortCourses(buildUnitsDict, 'sortUnitsDes')
+  };
+
+  sortingFunctions[selectedValue]?.();
+};
+
+const sortCourses = (buildDictFunc, dropdownValue, additionalLogic = () => {}) => {
+  sortCoursesTemplate(buildDictFunc, additionalLogic).then(courseDict => {
+    let courseListResults = document.querySelector('.course-list-results');
+    let courseDivs = Array.from(courseListResults.firstElementChild.children);
+
+    courseDivs.sort((a, b) => {
+      let nameA = a.querySelector('a').getAttribute('name');
+      let nameB = b.querySelector('a').getAttribute('name');
+      return courseDict[nameB] - courseDict[nameA];
+    });
+
+    console.log(courseSortingLogPrefix + "Sorted Course Dict: ", courseDict); // For debugging purposes, display the updated dictionary
+    console.log(courseSortingLogPrefix + "Sorted Course Divs: ", courseDivs); // For debugging purposes, display the updated divs
+
+    courseListResults.firstElementChild.innerHTML = '';
+    courseDivs.forEach(courseDiv => {
+      courseListResults.firstElementChild.appendChild(courseDiv);
+    });
+
+    document.querySelector('.size-dropdown').value = dropdownValue;
+  }).catch(error => {
+    console.error(courseSortingLogPrefix + 'Error building course dictionary:', error);
+  });
+};
+
+const sortCoursesTemplate = (buildDictFunc, additionalLogic) => {
+  return buildDictFunc().then(courseDict => {
+    additionalLogic();
+    return courseDict;
+  });
+};
+
+let courseSizeDict = {};
+
+const buildSeatsAvailableDict = () => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let courseListResults = document.querySelector('.course-list-results');
+    let courseDivs = Array.from(courseListResults.firstElementChild.children);
+
+    if (Object.keys(courseSizeDict).length === 0) {
+      for (let courseDiv of courseDivs) {
+        let courseName = courseDiv.querySelector('a').getAttribute('name');
+        let targetDiv = courseDiv.querySelector('div:nth-child(2) > div:nth-child(3)');
+        let trElements = targetDiv.querySelectorAll('tr');
+  
+        let sum = 0;
+        trElements.forEach(tr => {
+          let lastChildText = tr.lastElementChild.innerText;
+  
+          // Merged extractDifference logic
+          let matches = lastChildText.match(/(\d+)\s+of\s+(\d+)/g);
+          if (matches) {
+            matches.forEach(match => {
+              let parts = match.match(/(\d+)\s+of\s+(\d+)/);
+              let current = parseInt(parts[1]);
+              let total = parseInt(parts[2]);
+              sum += (total - current);
+            });
+          }
+        });
+  
+        courseSizeDict[courseName] = sum;
+      }
+    }
+    
+    const hideSectionButtons = document.querySelectorAll('.action-sections.btn.btn-default.pull-right');
+    hideSectionButtons.forEach(button => button.click());
+    document.querySelector('.loadingIndicator').remove();
+
+    resolve(courseSizeDict);
+  });  
+};
+
+
+let courseMostCommonGradeDict = {};
+let courseAvgDict = {};
+let coursePopularityDict = {};
+let courseUnitsDict = {};
+
+const buildDictionary = (fetchDataFunc, dictToUpdate) => {
+  const loadingElement = `<h2 class='loadingIndicator'><p>Sorting...</p></h2>`;
+  let courseListResults = document.querySelector('.course-list-results').parentElement;
+  courseListResults.insertBefore(htmlToElement(loadingElement), courseListResults.firstChild);
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let courseListResults = document.querySelector('.course-list-results');
+    let courseDivs = Array.from(courseListResults.firstElementChild.children);
+    let fetchPromises = [];
+
+    if (Object.keys(dictToUpdate).length === 0) {
+      for (let courseDiv of courseDivs) {
+        let courseName = courseDiv.querySelector('a').getAttribute('name');
+        let fetchPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          try {
+            fetch(`https://umn.lol/api/class/${courseName}`)
+            .then(res => {
+              if (!res.ok) {
+                dictToUpdate[courseName] = 0;
+              }
+              return res.json();
+            }).then(response => {
+              if (response.success && response.data) {
+                let result = fetchDataFunc(response.data);
+                dictToUpdate[courseName] = result;
+              } else {
+                dictToUpdate[courseName] = 0;
+              }
+              resolve();
+            }).catch(error => {
+              console.error(courseSortingLogPrefix + 'Error fetching data:', error);
+            });
+          } catch {
+            dictToUpdate[courseName] = 0;
+            resolve();
+          }
+          
+        });
+        fetchPromises.push(fetchPromise);
+      }
+    }
+
+    Promise.all(fetchPromises)
+      .then(() => {
+        document.querySelector('.loadingIndicator').remove();
+        resolve(dictToUpdate);
+      })
+      .catch(error => {
+        document.querySelector('.loadingIndicator').remove();
+        reject(error);
+      });
+  });
+};
+
+
+const buildMostCommonGradeDict = () => {
+  return buildDictionary(
+    data => {
+      let totalStudents = data.total_students;
+      let totalGrades = data.total_grades;
+      let numberOfAs = totalGrades["A"];
+      return (numberOfAs / totalStudents) * 100;
+    },
+    courseMostCommonGradeDict
+  );
+};
+
+const buildCourseAvgDict = () => {
+  return buildDictionary(
+    data => {
+      const gpaValues = {
+        "A": 4.0, "A-": 3.7, "B+": 3.3, "B": 3.0,
+        "B-": 2.7, "C+": 2.3, "C": 2.0, "C-": 1.7,
+        "D+": 1.3, "D": 1.0, "F": 0.0
+      };
+
+      let allGrades = data.total_grades;
+      let totalStudents = 0;
+      let totalWeightedGpa = 0;
+
+      for (let grade in allGrades) {
+        if (gpaValues.hasOwnProperty(grade)) {
+          let numberOfStudents = allGrades[grade];
+          let gpaValue = gpaValues[grade];
+          totalStudents += numberOfStudents;
+          totalWeightedGpa += numberOfStudents * gpaValue;
+        }
+      }
+
+      return totalWeightedGpa / totalStudents;
+    },
+    courseAvgDict
+  );
+};
+
+const buildPopularityDict = () => {
+  return buildDictionary(
+    data => data.total_students,
+    coursePopularityDict
+  );
+};
+
+const buildUnitsDict = () => {
+  return buildDictionary(
+    data => data.cred_min,
+    courseUnitsDict
+  );
+};
+
+
+function resetDictionaries() {
+  courseMostCommonGradeDict = {};
+  courseAvgDict = {};
+  coursePopularityDict = {};
+  courseUnitsDict = {};
+  courseSizeDict = {};
+}
diff --git a/chrome-extension/manifest.json b/chrome-extension/manifest.json
index e0ed348..ac8952b 100644
--- a/chrome-extension/manifest.json
+++ b/chrome-extension/manifest.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
         "sidebar/sidebar.css"
       ],
       "js": [
-        "sidebar/sidebar.js"
+        "sidebar/sidebar.js",
+        "course_sort/course_sort.js"
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/chrome-extension/sidebar/sidebar.js b/chrome-extension/sidebar/sidebar.js
index b245809..2cd5640 100644
--- a/chrome-extension/sidebar/sidebar.js
+++ b/chrome-extension/sidebar/sidebar.js
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ const htmlToElement = (html) => {
   return template.content.firstChild;
 };
 
+
+
 const iframeTemplate = `
 <div class="gopher-grades-container">
 <iframe class="gopher-grades-result-iframe" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url"></iframe>
@@ -155,6 +157,19 @@ const loadCourseSchedule = (courseSchedule) => {
   }
 };
 
+const loadDropdown = () => {
+  if ((window.location.host + window.location.pathname).startsWith('schedulebuilder.umn.edu/explore/')) {
+    const courseListOptions = document.querySelector(".course-list-options");
+    const emptyDiv = courseListOptions.firstElementChild;
+    const dropdownElement = htmlToElement(dropdownTemplate);
+    const firstDiv = emptyDiv.firstElementChild;
+    emptyDiv.insertBefore(dropdownElement, firstDiv);
+  }
+};
+
+let currentPage = 0;
+let lastPage = 0;
+
 const onAppChange = async () => {
   const courseList = document.querySelector(".course-list-results");
   const courseInfo = document.querySelector("#crse-info");
@@ -170,10 +185,32 @@ const onAppChange = async () => {
   if (courseList) loadCourses(courseList);
   else if (courseInfo) loadCourseInfo(courseInfo);
   else if (courseSchedule) loadCourseSchedule(courseSchedule);
+
+  var courseSortDropdown = document.querySelector('.size-dropdown');
+  if (courseSortDropdown) {
+    courseSortDropdown.addEventListener('change', handleDropdownChange);
+  }
+  if (!courseSortDropdown) loadDropdown();
+  
+  const activeItem = document.querySelector('.page-item.active').firstElementChild;
+  if (activeItem) {
+    lastPage = activeItem.getAttribute('page-value');
+  }
+  if (currentPage != lastPage) {
+    if (currentPage != 0 && document.querySelector('.size-dropdown').value != 'sortCourseCodeAsc') {
+      location.reload();
+      // we reload because of some weird bug that expands all sections
+    }
+    currentPage = lastPage;
+    resetDictionaries();
+  }
 };
 
+
+
 let loaded = false;
 const onLoad = () => {
+
   if (loaded) return;
   loaded = true;
 
diff --git a/frontend/next.config.js b/frontend/next.config.js
index f6ec198..27abadd 100644
--- a/frontend/next.config.js
+++ b/frontend/next.config.js
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ const nextConfig = {
   pageExtensions: ["js", "jsx", "ts", "tsx", "md", "mdx"],
   reactStrictMode: true,
   swcMinify: true,
+  async headers() {
+    return [
+      {
+        // matching all API routes
+        source: "/api/:path*",
+        headers: [
+          { key: "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", value: "true" },
+          { key: "Access-Control-Allow-Origin", value: "*" },
+          { key: "Access-Control-Allow-Methods", value: "GET,DELETE,PATCH,POST,PUT" },
+          { key: "Access-Control-Allow-Headers", value: "Origin, X-CSRF-Token, X-Requested-With, Accept, Accept-Version, Content-Length, Content-MD5, Content-Type, Date, X-Api-Version" },
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   rewrites: async () => {
     return [
       {