diff --git a/courses/migrations/0044_alter_courserun_live.py b/courses/migrations/0044_alter_courserun_live.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..632f203d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/courses/migrations/0044_alter_courserun_live.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.20 on 2023-09-15 12:13
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("courses", "0043_course_program_live_index"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="courserun",
+            name="live",
+            field=models.BooleanField(db_index=True, default=False),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/courses/models.py b/courses/models.py
index f0eb360633..ae2e8d88f1 100644
--- a/courses/models.py
+++ b/courses/models.py
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ class CourseRun(TimestampedModel):
         help_text="The date beyond which the learner can not enroll in paid course mode.",
     )
 
-    live = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    live = models.BooleanField(default=False, db_index=True)
     is_self_paced = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     products = GenericRelation(
         "ecommerce.Product", related_query_name="courserunproducts"
diff --git a/courses/views/v1/__init__.py b/courses/views/v1/__init__.py
index a79b530b7c..2188214031 100644
--- a/courses/views/v1/__init__.py
+++ b/courses/views/v1/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 """Course views verson 1"""
 import logging
+import django_filters
 from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.db import transaction
-from django.db.models import Q, Count
+from django.db.models import Q, Count, Prefetch
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
     USER_MSG_TYPE_ENROLLED,
 )
 from main.utils import encode_json_cookie_value
+from mitol.common.utils import now_in_utc
 from openedx.api import (
     subscribe_to_edx_course_emails,
     sync_enrollments_with_edx,
@@ -102,6 +104,44 @@ def paginate_queryset(self, queryset):
         return super().paginate_queryset(queryset)
 
 
+class CourseFilterSet(django_filters.FilterSet):
+
+    courserun_is_enrollable = django_filters.BooleanFilter(
+        field_name="courserun_is_enrollable",
+        method="filter_courserun_is_enrollable",
+    )
+
+    def filter_courserun_is_enrollable(self, queryset, _, value):
+        """
+        courserun_is_enrollable filter to narrow down runs that are open for
+        enrollments
+        """
+        now = now_in_utc()
+
+        if value is True:
+            enrollable_runs = CourseRun.objects.filter(
+                Q(live=True)
+                & Q(start_date__isnull=False)
+                & Q(enrollment_start__lt=now)
+                & (Q(enrollment_end=None) | Q(enrollment_end__gt=now))
+            )
+            return queryset.prefetch_related(
+                Prefetch("courseruns", queryset=enrollable_runs)
+            ).filter(courseruns__id__in=enrollable_runs.values_list("id", flat=True))
+
+        else:
+            unenrollable_runs = CourseRun.objects.filter(
+                Q(live=False) | Q(start_date__isnull=True) | Q(enrollment_end__lte=now)
+            )
+            return queryset.prefetch_related(
+                Prefetch("courseruns", queryset=unenrollable_runs)
+            ).filter(courseruns__id__in=unenrollable_runs.values_list("id", flat=True))
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Course
+        fields = ["id", "live", "readable_id", "page__live", "courserun_is_enrollable"]
+
+
 class CourseViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     """API view set for Courses"""
 
@@ -109,9 +149,20 @@ class CourseViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     permission_classes = []
     filter_backends = [DjangoFilterBackend]
     serializer_class = CourseWithCourseRunsSerializer
-    filterset_fields = ["id", "live", "readable_id"]
+    filterset_class = CourseFilterSet
 
     def get_queryset(self):
+        courserun_is_enrollable = self.request.query_params.get(
+            "courserun_is_enrollable", None
+        )
+
+        if courserun_is_enrollable:
+            return (
+                Course.objects.filter()
+                .select_related("page")
+                .prefetch_related("departments")
+                .all()
+            )
         return (
             Course.objects.filter()
             .select_related("page")
diff --git a/frontend/public/src/containers/pages/CatalogPage_test.js b/frontend/public/src/containers/pages/CatalogPage_test.js
index 611e7ccc90..75d2f7172e 100644
--- a/frontend/public/src/containers/pages/CatalogPage_test.js
+++ b/frontend/public/src/containers/pages/CatalogPage_test.js
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ describe("CatalogPage", function() {
 
     sinon.assert.calledWith(
       helper.handleRequestStub,
-      "/api/courses/?page=2&live=true",
+      "/api/courses/?page=2&live=true&page__live=true&courserun_is_enrollable=true",
       "GET"
     )
 
diff --git a/frontend/public/src/lib/queries/courses.js b/frontend/public/src/lib/queries/courses.js
index e3f8ee21ca..65294d934c 100644
--- a/frontend/public/src/lib/queries/courses.js
+++ b/frontend/public/src/lib/queries/courses.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const coursesQueryKey = "courses"
 
 export const coursesQuery = page => ({
   queryKey:  coursesQueryKey,
-  url:       `/api/courses/?page=${page}&live=true`,
+  url:       `/api/courses/?page=${page}&live=true&page__live=true&courserun_is_enrollable=true`,
   transform: json => ({
     courses: json
   }),