diff --git a/course/lib.php b/course/lib.php
index ba830ca0b15..bee61328d7a 100644
--- a/course/lib.php
+++ b/course/lib.php
@@ -1842,7 +1842,40 @@ function move_section_to($course, $section, $destination, $ignorenumsections = f
  * @return bool whether section was deleted
  */
 function course_delete_section($course, $section, $forcedeleteifnotempty = true) {
-    return course_get_format($course)->delete_section($section, $forcedeleteifnotempty);
+    global $DB;
+
+    // Prepare variables.
+    $courseid = (is_object($course)) ? $course->id : (int)$course;
+    $sectionnum = (is_object($section)) ? $section->section : (int)$section;
+    $section = $DB->get_record('course_sections', array('course' => $courseid, 'section' => $sectionnum));
+    if (!$section) {
+        // No section exists, can't proceed.
+        return false;
+    }
+    $format = course_get_format($course);
+    $sectionname = $format->get_section_name($section);
+
+    // Delete section.
+    $result = $format->delete_section($section, $forcedeleteifnotempty);
+
+    // Trigger an event for course section deletion.
+    if ($result) {
+        $context = context_course::instance($courseid);
+        $event = \core\event\course_section_deleted::create(
+                array(
+                    'objectid' => $section->id,
+                    'courseid' => $courseid,
+                    'context' => $context,
+                    'other' => array(
+                        'sectionnum' => $section->section,
+                        'sectionname' => $sectionname,
+                    )
+                )
+            );
+        $event->add_record_snapshot('course_sections', $section);
+        $event->trigger();
+    }
+    return $result;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/course/tests/courselib_test.php b/course/tests/courselib_test.php
index 110b0c48b05..421b1e4c2eb 100644
--- a/course/tests/courselib_test.php
+++ b/course/tests/courselib_test.php
@@ -2009,6 +2009,44 @@ class core_course_courselib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEventContextNotUsed($event);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test that triggering a course_section_deleted event works as expected.
+     */
+    public function test_course_section_deleted_event() {
+        global $USER, $DB;
+        $this->resetAfterTest();
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+
+        // Create the course with sections.
+        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course(array('numsections' => 10), array('createsections' => true));
+        $sections = $DB->get_records('course_sections', array('course' => $course->id));
+        $coursecontext = context_course::instance($course->id);
+        $section = array_pop($sections);
+        course_delete_section($course, $section);
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = array_pop($events); // Delete section event.
+        $sink->close();
+
+        // Validate event data.
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\core\event\course_section_deleted', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals('course_sections', $event->objecttable);
+        $this->assertEquals($section->id, $event->objectid);
+        $this->assertEquals($course->id, $event->courseid);
+        $this->assertEquals($coursecontext->id, $event->contextid);
+        $this->assertEquals($section->section, $event->other['sectionnum']);
+        $expecteddesc = "The user with id '{$event->userid}' deleted section number '{$event->other['sectionnum']}' " .
+                "(section name '{$event->other['sectionname']}') for the course with id '{$event->courseid}'";
+        $this->assertEquals($expecteddesc, $event->get_description());
+        $this->assertEquals($section, $event->get_record_snapshot('course_sections', $event->objectid));
+        $this->assertNull($event->get_url());
+
+        // Test legacy data.
+        $sectionnum = $section->section;
+        $expectedlegacydata = array($course->id, "course", "delete section", 'view.php?id=' . $course->id, $sectionnum);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expectedlegacydata, $event);
+        $this->assertEventContextNotUsed($event);
+    }
+
     public function test_course_integrity_check() {
         global $DB;
 
diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index 9a431dcdb0e..59d60802e93 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ $string['eventcourseresetended'] = 'Course reset ended';
 $string['eventcourseresetstarted'] = 'Course reset started';
 $string['eventcourserestored'] = 'Course restored';
 $string['eventcourseupdated'] = 'Course updated';
+$string['eventcoursesectiondeleted'] = 'Course section deleted';
 $string['eventcoursesectionupdated'] = 'Course section updated';
 $string['eventcoursemoduleinstancelistviewed'] = 'Course module instance list viewed';
 $string['eventcourseuserreportviewed'] = 'Course user report viewed';
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/course_section_deleted.php b/lib/classes/event/course_section_deleted.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e73f1449a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/classes/event/course_section_deleted.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Course section deleted event.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @copyright  2015 Ruslan Kabalin, Lancaster University.
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace core\event;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * Course section deleted event class.
+ *
+ * @property-read array $other {
+ *      Extra information about event.
+ *
+ *      - int sectionnum: section number.
+ *      - string sectionname: section name.
+ * }
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @since      Moodle 3.1
+ * @copyright  2015 Ruslan Kabalin, Lancaster University.
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class course_section_deleted extends base {
+
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['objecttable'] = 'course_sections';
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'd';
+        $this->data['edulevel'] = self::LEVEL_TEACHING;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventcoursesectiondeleted');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns non-localised event description with id's for admin use only.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return "The user with id '$this->userid' deleted section number '{$this->other['sectionnum']}' " .
+                "(section name '{$this->other['sectionname']}') for the course with id '$this->courseid'";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return legacy data for add_to_log().
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return array($this->courseid, 'course', 'delete section', 'view.php?id=' . $this->courseid, $this->other['sectionnum']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom validation.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function validate_data() {
+        parent::validate_data();
+
+        if (!isset($this->other['sectionnum'])) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('The \'sectionnum\' value must be set in other.');
+        }
+        if (!isset($this->other['sectionname'])) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('The \'sectionname\' value must be set in other.');
+        }
+    }
+}