diff --git a/addons/api/addon/adapters/auth-method.js b/addons/api/addon/adapters/auth-method.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8aa06ee68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/addon/adapters/auth-method.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import ApplicationAdapter from './application';
+
+export default class AuthMethodAdapter extends ApplicationAdapter {
+
+  // =attributes
+
+  /**
+   * Auth methods use the new, unprefixed pathing style.
+   * @override
+   */
+  hasScopePrefix = false;
+
+}
diff --git a/addons/api/addon/serializers/auth-method.js b/addons/api/addon/serializers/auth-method.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0c3c9312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/addon/serializers/auth-method.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
+
+export default class AuthMethodSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
+
+  // =attributes
+
+  /**
+   * Serialized the scope ID into the `scope_id` field.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  serializeScopeID = true;
+  
+}
diff --git a/addons/api/app/adapters/auth-method.js b/addons/api/app/adapters/auth-method.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02c325d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/app/adapters/auth-method.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from 'api/adapters/auth-method';
diff --git a/addons/api/app/serializers/auth-method.js b/addons/api/app/serializers/auth-method.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39dadcf9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/app/serializers/auth-method.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from 'api/serializers/auth-method';
diff --git a/addons/api/tests/unit/adapters/auth-method-test.js b/addons/api/tests/unit/adapters/auth-method-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06921d04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/tests/unit/adapters/auth-method-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Adapter | auth method', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  // Replace this with your real tests.
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let adapter = this.owner.lookup('adapter:auth-method');
+    assert.ok(adapter);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/addons/api/tests/unit/serializers/auth-method-test.js b/addons/api/tests/unit/serializers/auth-method-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ea3b3a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/tests/unit/serializers/auth-method-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Serializer | auth method', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  // Replace this with your real tests.
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let store = this.owner.lookup('service:store');
+    let serializer = store.serializerFor('auth-method');
+
+    assert.ok(serializer);
+  });
+
+  test('it serializes records', function(assert) {
+    let store = this.owner.lookup('service:store');
+    let record = store.createRecord('auth-method', {});
+
+    let serializedRecord = record.serialize();
+
+    assert.ok(serializedRecord);
+  });
+  
+});
diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods.js
index 7527ac784..ca382d686 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods.js
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export default class ScopesScopeAuthMethodsRoute extends Route {
    * @return {Promise[AuthMethodModel]}
    */
   async model() {
-    const { id: scopeID} = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
-    return this.store.findAll('auth-method', { adapterOptions: { scopeID } });
+    const { id: scope_id } = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
+    return this.store.query('auth-method', { scope_id });
   }
 
   // =actions
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ export default class ScopesScopeAuthMethodsRoute extends Route {
     const { isNew } = authMethod;
     try {
       await authMethod.save();
+      await this
+        .transitionTo('scopes.scope.auth-methods.auth-method', authMethod);
       this.refresh();
       this.notify.success(
         this.intl.t(isNew ? 'notify.create-success' : 'notify.save-success')
       );
-      this.transitionTo('scopes.scope.auth-methods.auth-method', authMethod);
     } catch (error) {
       //TODO: replace with translated strings
       this.notify.error(error.message, { closeAfter: null });
@@ -67,9 +68,9 @@ export default class ScopesScopeAuthMethodsRoute extends Route {
   async delete(authMethod) {
     try {
       await authMethod.destroyRecord();
+      await this.transitionTo('scopes.scope.auth-methods');
       this.refresh();
       this.notify.success(this.intl.t('notify.delete-success'));
-      this.transitionTo('scopes.scope.auth-methods');
     } catch (error) {
       //TODO: replace with translated strings
       this.notify.error(error.message, { closeAfter: null });
diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods/auth-method.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods/auth-method.js
index 5cc752eac..e75ba7cb3 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods/auth-method.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods/auth-method.js
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ export default class ScopesScopeAuthMethodsAuthMethodRoute extends Route {
    * @param {string} params.auth_method_id
    * @return {authMethodModel}
    */
-  async model({ auth_method_id}) {
-    const { id: scopeID } = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
-    return this.store.findRecord('auth-method', auth_method_id, { adapterOptions: { scopeID }});
+  async model({ auth_method_id }) {
+    return this.store.findRecord('auth-method', auth_method_id);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods/new.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods/new.js
index ceeb6a5d7..09fa7d445 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods/new.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/auth-methods/new.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
 
 export default class ScopesScopeAuthMethodsNewRoute extends Route {
+  
   // =methods
 
   /**
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ export default class ScopesScopeAuthMethodsNewRoute extends Route {
    */
   model() {
     const scopeModel = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
-    return this.store.createRecord('auth-method', { type: 'password', scopeModel });
+    return this.store.createRecord('auth-method', {
+      scopeModel,
+      type: 'password'
+    });
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/authenticate.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/authenticate.js
index ef08a1566..d011a6b45 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/authenticate.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/authenticate.js
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ export default class ScopesScopeAuthenticateRoute extends Route {
    * @return {Promise} `{scope, scopes, authMethods}`
    */
   model() {
-    const adapterOptions = { scopeID: this.modelFor('scopes.scope').id };
+    const { id: scope_id } = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
     return hash({
       scope: this.modelFor('scopes.scope'),
       scopes: this.modelFor('scopes'),
-      authMethods: this.store.findAll('auth-method', { adapterOptions }),
+      authMethods: this.store.query('auth-method', { scope_id }),
 
       // for integration testing:
       // authMethods: A([{
diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/config.js b/ui/core/mirage/config.js
index cd9b48928..7d33d0b89 100644
--- a/ui/core/mirage/config.js
+++ b/ui/core/mirage/config.js
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ export default function() {
 
   // Auth & IAM resources
 
-  this.get('/scopes/:scope_id/auth-methods');
-  this.post('/scopes/:scope_id/auth-methods');
-  this.get('/scopes/:scope_id/auth-methods/:id');
-  this.patch('/scopes/:scope_id/auth-methods/:id');
-  this.del('/scopes/:scope_id/auth-methods/:id');
+  this.get('/auth-methods', ({ authMethods }, { queryParams: { scope_id: scopeId } }) => {
+    return authMethods.where({ scopeId });
+  });
+  this.post('/auth-methods');
+  this.get('/auth-methods/:id');
+  this.patch('/auth-methods/:id');
+  this.del('/auth-methods/:id');
 
   // Authenticate/deauthenticate routes
   this.post('/scopes/:scope_id/auth-methods/:id_method', authHandler);
diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/models/auth-method.js b/ui/core/mirage/models/auth-method.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08b1f5ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/core/mirage/models/auth-method.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { Model, belongsTo } from 'ember-cli-mirage';
+
+export default Model.extend({
+
+  scope: belongsTo()
+
+});
diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/scenarios/default.js b/ui/core/mirage/scenarios/default.js
index d08c2fb75..84d6708d8 100644
--- a/ui/core/mirage/scenarios/default.js
+++ b/ui/core/mirage/scenarios/default.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export default function(server) {
   const scopePojo = { id: orgScope.id, type: orgScope.type };
 
   // Auth
-  server.createList('auth-method', 3, { scope: scopePojo });
+  server.createList('auth-method', 3, { scope: globalScope });
+  server.createList('auth-method', 3, { scope: orgScope });
 
   // Groups and Users
   server.createList('group', 5, { scope: scopePojo }, 'withMembers');
diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/serializers/auth-method.js b/ui/core/mirage/serializers/auth-method.js
index cabe9ee7b..3d0c37374 100644
--- a/ui/core/mirage/serializers/auth-method.js
+++ b/ui/core/mirage/serializers/auth-method.js
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
+import { underscore } from '@ember/string';
 
 export default ApplicationSerializer.extend({
-  modelName: 'auth-method'
+  modelName: 'auth-method',
+
+  keyForRelationshipId(relationshipName) {
+    return `${this._container.inflector.singularize(
+      underscore(relationshipName)
+    )}_id`;
+  },
+
+  _hashForModel(model) {
+    const json = ApplicationSerializer.prototype._hashForModel.apply(this, arguments);
+    json.scope = {
+      id: model.scope.id,
+      type: model.scope.type
+    };
+    return json;
+  }
+
 });
diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/serializers/org.js b/ui/core/mirage/serializers/org.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 43404176b..000000000
--- a/ui/core/mirage/serializers/org.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
-
-export default ApplicationSerializer.extend({
-  modelName: 'org'
-});
diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/serializers/project.js b/ui/core/mirage/serializers/project.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 370fb5cf9..000000000
--- a/ui/core/mirage/serializers/project.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
-
-export default ApplicationSerializer.extend({
-  modelName: 'project'
-});
diff --git a/ui/core/tests/acceptance/authentication-test.js b/ui/core/tests/acceptance/authentication-test.js
index f7abb618b..86425d6fa 100644
--- a/ui/core/tests/acceptance/authentication-test.js
+++ b/ui/core/tests/acceptance/authentication-test.js
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ module('Acceptance | authentication', function (hooks) {
   let scopesURL;
   let orgScopeURL;
   let scope;
+  let globalAuthMethod;
   let authMethod;
+  let globalAuthMethodID;
   let authMethodID;
   let globalAuthenticateURL;
   let authenticateURL;
@@ -43,14 +45,16 @@ module('Acceptance | authentication', function (hooks) {
       'withChildren'
     );
     scope = { id: orgScope.id, type: orgScope.type };
-    authMethod = this.server.create('auth-method', { scope });
+    globalAuthMethod = this.server.create('auth-method', { scope: globalScope });
+    authMethod = this.server.create('auth-method', { scope: orgScope });
     orgScopeID = orgScope.id;
+    globalAuthMethodID = globalAuthMethod.id;
     authMethodID = authMethod.id;
     scopesURL = `/scopes`;
     orgScopeURL = `/scopes/${orgScopeID}`;
     globalAuthenticateURL = `/scopes/global/authenticate`;
     authenticateURL = `/scopes/${orgScopeID}/authenticate`;
-    authMethodGlobalAuthenticateURL = `/scopes/global/authenticate/${authMethodID}`;
+    authMethodGlobalAuthenticateURL = `/scopes/global/authenticate/${globalAuthMethodID}`;
     authMethodAuthenticateURL = `/scopes/${orgScopeID}/authenticate/${authMethodID}`;
     orgsURL = `/scopes/global/orgs`;
     projectsURL = `/scopes/${orgScopeID}/projects`;
@@ -74,18 +78,8 @@ module('Acceptance | authentication', function (hooks) {
 
   test('visiting auth method when the scope cannot be loaded is still allowed', async function (assert) {
     assert.expect(1);
-    orgScope.destroy();
-    this.server.get('/scopes', ({ scopes }, { queryParams: { scope_id } }) => {
-      // Default parent scope is global
-      if (!scope_id) scope_id = 'global';
-      const results = scopes.where(scope => {
-        return scope.scope ? scope.scope.id === scope_id : false
-      });
-      if (!results.length) {
-        return new Response(404);
-      } else {
-        return results;
-      }
+    this.server.get('/scopes', () => {
+      return new Response(404);
     });
     await visit(authMethodAuthenticateURL);
     await a11yAudit();