diff --git a/forum/api/threads.py b/forum/api/threads.py
index b5b036c5..f04bcc80 100644
--- a/forum/api/threads.py
+++ b/forum/api/threads.py
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ def get_user_threads(
     user_id: Optional[str] = None,
     group_id: Optional[int] = None,
     group_ids: Optional[int] = None,
+    context: Optional[str] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ def get_user_threads(
         "user_id": user_id,
         "group_id": group_id,
         "group_ids": group_ids,
+        "context": context,
     }
     params = {k: v for k, v in params.items() if v is not None}
     backend.validate_params(params)
diff --git a/forum/backends/mongodb/api.py b/forum/backends/mongodb/api.py
index b279ac8e..4c3dd78b 100644
--- a/forum/backends/mongodb/api.py
+++ b/forum/backends/mongodb/api.py
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ def validate_params(params: dict[str, Any], user_id: Optional[str] = None) -> No
             "commentable_ids",
             "group_id",
             "group_ids",
+            "context",
         ]
         if not user_id:
             valid_params.append("user_id")
@@ -992,6 +993,7 @@ def get_threads(
             int(params.get("per_page", 100)),
             commentable_ids=params.get("commentable_ids", []),
             is_moderator=params.get("is_moderator", False),
+            context=params.get("context", "course"),
         )
         context: dict[str, Any] = {
             "count_flagged": count_flagged,
diff --git a/forum/backends/mysql/api.py b/forum/backends/mysql/api.py
index c383d31a..9120ac15 100644
--- a/forum/backends/mysql/api.py
+++ b/forum/backends/mysql/api.py
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ def validate_params(
             "commentable_ids",
             "group_id",
             "group_ids",
+            "context",
         ]
         if not user_id:
             valid_params.append("user_id")
@@ -1158,6 +1159,7 @@ def get_threads(
             params.get("sort_key", ""),
             int(params.get("page", 1)),
             int(params.get("per_page", 100)),
+            context=params.get("context", "course"),
             commentable_ids=params.get("commentable_ids", []),
             is_moderator=params.get("is_moderator", False),
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_views/test_threads.py b/tests/test_views/test_threads.py
index ca28d864..46892158 100644
--- a/tests/test_views/test_threads.py
+++ b/tests/test_views/test_threads.py
@@ -447,6 +447,43 @@ def test_unresponded_filter(api_client: APIClient, patched_get_backend: Any) ->
     assert len(thread) == 1
 
 
+def test_get_user_threads_context(
+    api_client: APIClient, patched_get_backend: Any
+) -> None:
+    """Test get_user_threads filters threads by context."""
+    backend = patched_get_backend
+    user_id, course_thread_id = setup_models(backend=backend)
+    standalone_thread_id = backend.create_thread(
+        {
+            "title": "Standalone Thread",
+            "body": "Standalone Thread",
+            "course_id": "course1",
+            "commentable_id": "CommentThread",
+            "author_id": user_id,
+            "author_username": "user1",
+            "abuse_flaggers": [],
+            "historical_abuse_flaggers": [],
+            "context": "standalone",
+        }
+    )
+
+    # Default (course) context: only the course thread is returned
+    response = api_client.get_json("/api/v2/threads", {"course_id": "course1"})
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    ids = [t["id"] for t in response.json()["collection"]]
+    assert course_thread_id in ids
+    assert standalone_thread_id not in ids
+
+    # Explicit standalone context: only the standalone thread is returned
+    response = api_client.get_json(
+        "/api/v2/threads", {"course_id": "course1", "context": "standalone"}
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    ids = [t["id"] for t in response.json()["collection"]]
+    assert standalone_thread_id in ids
+    assert course_thread_id not in ids
+
+
 def test_filter_by_post_type(api_client: APIClient, patched_get_backend: Any) -> None:
     """Test filter threads by thread_type through get thread API."""
     backend = patched_get_backend