diff --git a/apps/datapuller/src/pullers/courses.ts b/apps/datapuller/src/pullers/courses.ts
index 8f6c1f7fa..7b223c251 100644
--- a/apps/datapuller/src/pullers/courses.ts
+++ b/apps/datapuller/src/pullers/courses.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,39 @@
-import { NewCourseModel } from "@repo/common";
+import { ICourseItem, NewCourseModel } from "@repo/common";
 
 import { getCourses } from "../lib/courses";
 import { Config } from "../shared/config";
 
+/**
+ * Get new array of unique courses, taking the most up-to-date course for each non-unique courseId determined by updatedDate
+ */
+const getLatestUniqueCourses = (courses: ICourseItem[]) => {
+  const latestUniqueCoursesById = new Map<string, ICourseItem>();
+
+  for (const course of courses) {
+    const previous = latestUniqueCoursesById.get(course.courseId);
+
+    // if courseId does not exist in map, take the new course
+    const previousDoesNotExist = previous === undefined;
+    // if previous course does not have an updatedDate, take the new course
+    const previousDoesNotHaveUpdatedDate = previous?.updatedDate === undefined;
+    // if both courses have an updatedDate and new course is more up-to-date, take the most up-to-date course
+    const previousIsOutdated =
+      previous?.updatedDate &&
+      course.updatedDate &&
+      previous.updatedDate < course.updatedDate;
+
+    if (
+      previousDoesNotExist ||
+      previousDoesNotHaveUpdatedDate ||
+      previousIsOutdated
+    ) {
+      latestUniqueCoursesById.set(course.courseId, course);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return Array.from(latestUniqueCoursesById.values());
+};
+
 const updateCourses = async ({
   sis: { COURSE_APP_ID, COURSE_APP_KEY },
   log,
@@ -10,12 +41,17 @@ const updateCourses = async ({
   log.info(`Fetching courses.`);
 
   // Get all courses
-  const courses = await getCourses(log, COURSE_APP_ID, COURSE_APP_KEY);
+  const allCourses = await getCourses(log, COURSE_APP_ID, COURSE_APP_KEY);
+  const courses = getLatestUniqueCourses(allCourses);
 
   log.info(`Fetched ${courses.length.toLocaleString()} courses.`);
 
+  log.info("Deleting courses no longer in SIS...");
   // Delete existing courses
-  await NewCourseModel.deleteMany({});
+  const { deletedCount } = await NewCourseModel.deleteMany({
+    courseId: { $nin: courses.map((course) => course.courseId) },
+  });
+  log.info(`Deleted ${deletedCount.toLocaleString()} existing courses.`);
 
   // Insert courses in batches of 5000
   const insertBatchSize = 5000;
@@ -25,7 +61,15 @@ const updateCourses = async ({
 
     log.info(`Inserting batch ${i / insertBatchSize + 1}...`);
 
-    await NewCourseModel.insertMany(batch, { ordered: false });
+    await NewCourseModel.bulkWrite(
+      batch.map((course) => ({
+        updateOne: {
+          filter: { courseId: course.courseId },
+          update: { $set: course },
+          upsert: true,
+        },
+      }))
+    );
   }
 
   log.info(