diff --git a/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp b/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
index e5ff5891e4..77eb894d26 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
@@ -258,6 +258,19 @@ bool GameState::IsPlayerEnabled( PlayerNumber pn )
 	}
 }
 
+bool GameState::IsCourseMode() const
+{
+	switch(m_PlayMode)
+	{
+	case PLAY_MODE_ONI:
+	case PLAY_MODE_NONSTOP:
+	case PLAY_MODE_ENDLESS:
+		return true;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 bool GameState::HasEarnedExtraStage()
 {
 	if( PREFSMAN->m_bEventMode )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/GameState.h b/stepmania/src/GameState.h
index 5ef354e0e6..e1d7ba1cde 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/GameState.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/GameState.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public:
 
 	bool IsPlayerEnabled( PlayerNumber pn );
 	bool IsPlayerEnabled( int p ) { return IsPlayerEnabled( (PlayerNumber)p ); };	// for those too lasy to cast all those p's to a PlayerNumber
+	bool IsCourseMode() const;
 
 	CString			m_sLoadingMessage;	// used in loading screen
 	CString			m_sPreferredGroup;	// GROUP_ALL_MUSIC denotes no preferred group