diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/home.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/home.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7615679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/home.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Place all the behaviors and hooks related to the matching controller here.
+# All this logic will automatically be available in application.js.
+# You can use CoffeeScript in this file: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/home.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/home.css.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0ddc68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/home.css.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Place all the styles related to the home controller here.
+// They will automatically be included in application.css.
+// You can use Sass (SCSS) here: http://sass-lang.com/
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class HomeController < ApplicationController
+  def index
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/home_helper.rb b/app/helpers/home_helper.rb
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index 0000000..23de56a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/home_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module HomeHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.erb b/app/views/home/index.html.erb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<h1>Home#index</h1>
+<p>Find me in app/views/home/index.html.erb</p>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 5c1fc3c..6b02131 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 MsuCourseAlerter::Application.routes.draw do
+  get "home/index"
+
   devise_for :users
 
   resources :alerts
 
+  root :to => "home#index"
+
 
   # The priority is based upon order of creation:
   # first created -> highest priority.
diff --git a/test/functional/home_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/home_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d9bb47
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+++ b/test/functional/home_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class HomeControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
+  test "should get index" do
+    get :index
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/home_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/helpers/home_helper_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4740a18
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+++ b/test/unit/helpers/home_helper_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class HomeHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
+end