Spring 2027

Consumer Strategy Consulting Practicum

Consumer Strategy Consulting Practicum applies design thinking and strategic planning to consumer challenges with an outside client, developing and evaluating evidence-based solutions.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ron Katanick3.5/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Ron Katanick

The entire semester was group project-based with a fixed team, making the workload heavily dependent on group dynamics.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Frame consumer challenges discovered through situation analysis and empathy building.

  • Generate ideas to address consumer challenges to align with strategy.

  • Articulate a strategic plan guided by goals, objectives and plans with supporting evidence.

  • Design and apply a strong implementation plan with consideration for adjustments.

  • Create and execute an evaluation plan for the implemented strategy.

  • Make strategic recommendations for future actions.

  • Create a financial analysis (or model) of the forecasted results from the implementation of the strategic plan.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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CNSR SCI 357(or CNSR SCI 657 prior to Fall 2026) and junior standing, or graduate/professional standing

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Raw average: 3.25/5 from 8 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 2.3/5 raw quality · 3.0/5 difficulty · 3 reviews

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Past student reviews · Ron Katanick

Ron Katanick's course was group-project based for the entire semester with a consistent team. Students reported that his lectures were slow and sometimes read verbatim from slides, though he was knowledgeable and held helpful weekly online office hours.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.63 GPA, 88.4% A/AB (n=69 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 84.3% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.52 GPA, 82.7% A/AB (n=75 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RON KATANICK is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 550
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 550
LEC 003Online Only0 / 480
LEC 004Online Only0 / 480

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Ron Katanick

Students found the course content interesting but the delivery style mixed reactions, with some finding lectures boring while others appreciated the information.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.62 GPA, 83.7% A/AB (n=178 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.61 GPA, 82.6% A/AB (n=235 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.38 GPA, 70.6% A/AB (n=180 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ron Katanick

The entire semester was group project-based with a fixed team, making the workload heavily dependent on group dynamics.

Past student reviews · Ron Katanick

Ron held weekly online office hours which students found helpful, though some noted his lectures were slow-paced.

Topics

  • Design thinking and strategic planning frameworks.
  • Client work, evidence-based solution development, and contingency planning.
  • Impact evaluation and strategic recommendations.

Skills

  • Applying design thinking and strategic planning frameworks to consumer challenges.
  • Developing and implementing evidence-based solutions with an outside client using contingency planning.
  • Evaluating impact and making objective recommendations for future action.

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.14 GPA average error.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
CNSRSCI 555 · Spring 2027

Consumer Strategy Consulting Practicum

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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