diff --git a/pages/migrations/0053_subject_page_description.py b/pages/migrations/0053_subject_page_description.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a6b493fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/migrations/0053_subject_page_description.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.9 on 2022-02-17 19:03
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('pages', '0052_subject_subjectorderable'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='subject',
+            name='page_description',
+            field=models.TextField(default=''),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/pages/migrations/0057_merge_20220223_1247.py b/pages/migrations/0057_merge_20220223_1247.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c28067501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/migrations/0057_merge_20220223_1247.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.9 on 2022-02-23 18:47
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('pages', '0053_subject_page_description'),
+        ('pages', '0056_merge_20220208_1013'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+    ]
diff --git a/pages/models.py b/pages/models.py
index 680fe0066..2ecf05d3f 100644
--- a/pages/models.py
+++ b/pages/models.py
@@ -2858,6 +2858,7 @@ class SubjectOrderable(Orderable, SubjectBooks):
 
 
 class Subject(Page):
+    page_description = models.TextField(default='')
     tutor_ad = StreamField([
         ('content', TutorAdBlock()),
     ])
@@ -2959,6 +2960,7 @@ def subjects(self):
                             'last_updated_pdf': book.last_updated_pdf,
                         })
                         books[book.title] = book_data
+                book_list['category_description'] = category.description
                 book_list['books'] = books
                 categories[category.subject_category] = book_list
             subject_categories['categories'] = categories
@@ -2967,6 +2969,7 @@ def subjects(self):
         return subject_list
 
     api_fields = [
+        APIField('page_description'),
         APIField('tutor_ad'),
         APIField('blog_header'),
         APIField('webinar_header'),
@@ -2984,6 +2987,7 @@ def subjects(self):
 
     content_panels = Page.content_panels + [
         MultiFieldPanel([InlinePanel("subject", label="Subject", min_num=1, max_num=1)], heading="Subject(s)"),
+        FieldPanel('page_description'),
         StreamFieldPanel('tutor_ad'),
         StreamFieldPanel('blog_header'),
         StreamFieldPanel('webinar_header'),
diff --git a/pages/tests.py b/pages/tests.py
index 28495900c..5347bdb2d 100644
--- a/pages/tests.py
+++ b/pages/tests.py
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ def test_can_create_subject_page(self):
                                       )
         homepage.add_child(instance=subjects_page)
         subject_page = Subject(title="Business",
+                               page_description="Business page",
                                os_textbook_heading="OpenStax Business Textbooks",
                                philanthropic_support="Please support us",
                                )
diff --git a/snippets/migrations/0017_subjectcategory_description.py b/snippets/migrations/0017_subjectcategory_description.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a4f098cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/migrations/0017_subjectcategory_description.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.9 on 2022-02-16 16:45
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('snippets', '0016_subject_icon'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='subjectcategory',
+            name='description',
+            field=models.TextField(default=''),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/snippets/models.py b/snippets/models.py
index 879686e7a..ea7d474f0 100644
--- a/snippets/models.py
+++ b/snippets/models.py
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ def __str__(self):
 class SubjectCategory(TranslatableMixin, models.Model):
     subject = models.ForeignKey(Subject, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, related_name='+')
     subject_category = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True, blank=True, help_text="category for selected subject.")
+    description = models.TextField(default='')
 
     @property
     def subject_name(self):
@@ -210,9 +211,10 @@ def subject_name(self):
     panels = [
         SnippetChooserPanel('subject'),
         FieldPanel('subject_category'),
+        FieldPanel('description'),
     ]
 
-    api_fields = ('subject_name', 'subject_category')
+    api_fields = ('subject_name', 'subject_category', 'description')
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.subject_category
diff --git a/snippets/serializers.py b/snippets/serializers.py
index 021566f22..e43c3fa96 100644
--- a/snippets/serializers.py
+++ b/snippets/serializers.py
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ class SubjectCategorySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = SubjectCategory
         fields = ('subject_name',
-                  'subject_category')
+                  'subject_category',
+                  'description')