diff --git a/partner_catalog/api/v1/filters.py b/partner_catalog/api/v1/filters.py
index 0aaa301..c0c3e23 100644
--- a/partner_catalog/api/v1/filters.py
+++ b/partner_catalog/api/v1/filters.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import django_filters
 
+from rest_framework.filters import OrderingFilter
 from partner_catalog.models import Partner, PartnerCatalog
 
 
@@ -52,3 +53,41 @@ class Meta:
         fields = [
             "partner",
         ]
+
+
+class CatalogCourseOrderingFilter(OrderingFilter):
+    ordering_map = {
+        # Course dates
+        "course_start": "course_overview__start",
+        "course_end": "course_overview__end",
+
+        # Enrollment dates
+        "enrollment_start": "course_overview__enrollment_start",
+        "enrollment_end": "course_overview__enrollment_end",
+
+        # Metrics
+        "enrollments": "enrollments_count",
+        "certified": "certified_count",
+
+        # Base fields
+        "position": "position",
+        "id": "id",
+    }
+
+    def get_ordering(self, request, queryset, view):
+        params = request.query_params.get(self.ordering_param)
+        if not params:
+            return self.get_default_ordering(view)
+
+        fields = [p.strip() for p in params.split(",")]
+        ordering = []
+
+        for field in fields:
+            desc = field.startswith("-")
+            key = field[1:] if desc else field
+            mapped = self.ordering_map.get(key)
+
+            if mapped:
+                ordering.append(f"-{mapped}" if desc else mapped)
+
+        return ordering
diff --git a/partner_catalog/api/v1/views.py b/partner_catalog/api/v1/views.py
index 89968b2..e514fad 100644
--- a/partner_catalog/api/v1/views.py
+++ b/partner_catalog/api/v1/views.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from rest_framework.parsers import MultiPartParser
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
-from partner_catalog.api.v1.filters import PartnerCatalogFilter, PartnerFilter
+from partner_catalog.api.v1.filters import CatalogCourseOrderingFilter, PartnerCatalogFilter, PartnerFilter
 from partner_catalog.api.v1.mixins import InjectNestedFKMixin
 from partner_catalog.api.v1.schemas import (
     add_courses_schema,
@@ -300,12 +300,17 @@ class CatalogCourseViewSet(
     filter_backends = [
         DjangoFilterBackend,
         filters.SearchFilter,
-        filters.OrderingFilter,
+        CatalogCourseOrderingFilter,
     ]
     filterset_fields = ["catalog", "course_overview"]
     search_fields = ["course_overview__display_name"]
-    ordering_fields = ["id", "position"]
     ordering = ["position"]
+    ordering_fields = [
+        "id", "position",
+        "course_start", "course_end",
+        "enrollment_start", "enrollment_end",
+        "enrollments", "certified",
+    ]
 
     # Mixin config
     nested_lookup_kwarg = "catalog_pk"