diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3cdd2890..38adbfe2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,3 +114,6 @@ db.sqlite3
 .vscode
 
 /web/build
+
+yarn.lock
+package-lock.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/v1/serializers/course.py b/api/v1/serializers/course.py
index ed30182b..ac14f50a 100644
--- a/api/v1/serializers/course.py
+++ b/api/v1/serializers/course.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from apps.content.models import (
     Gallery, GalleryImage, ImageObject,
 )
 
+from .user import UserSerializer
 from .mixins import DispatchContentMixin, DispatchGalleryMixin, DispatchMaterialMixin
 
 
@@ -124,7 +125,6 @@ class CourseCreateSerializer(DispatchContentMixin,
         materials = validated_data.pop('materials', [])
         gallery = validated_data.pop('gallery', {})
         author = validated_data.get('author', None)
-        print(author)
         if not author:
             validated_data['author'] = self.context['request'].user
         course = super().create(validated_data)
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class CourseCreateSerializer(DispatchContentMixin,
 
 
 class CourseSerializer(CourseCreateSerializer):
+    author = UserSerializer()
     category = CategorySerializer()
     materials = MaterialSerializer(many=True)
     cover = ImageObjectSerializer()
diff --git a/apps/course/models.py b/apps/course/models.py
index b0a2045d..be1637a3 100644
--- a/apps/course/models.py
+++ b/apps/course/models.py
@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ def default_slug():
 
 
 class Course(BaseModel, DeactivatedMixin):
-    PENDING = 0
-    PUBLISHED = 1
-    ARCHIVED = 2
+    DRAFT = 0
+    PENDING = 1
+    PUBLISHED = 2
+    ARCHIVED = 3
+    DENIED = 4
     STATUS_CHOICES = (
+        (DRAFT, 'Draft'),
         (PENDING, 'Pending'),
         (PUBLISHED, 'Published'),
         (ARCHIVED, 'Archived'),
+        (DENIED, 'Denied')
     )
     slug = models.SlugField(
         allow_unicode=True, default=default_slug,