Spring 2027

Challenges & Solutions in Business Sustainability

Explores business sustainability challenges, analyzing causes and applying frameworks and measurement systems to corporate decision-making.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ann Terlaak3.6/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Ann Terlaak

The course has no exams, but includes two time-consuming group projects and one-page article summaries. Participation is a significant component of the final grade.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of business activity and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course.

  • Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenges resulting from business activity.

  • Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of incorporating sustainability into corporate decision-making.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program. Not open to graduate/professional students

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Raw average: 3.50/5 from 12 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: 4.8/5 raw quality · 2.6/5 difficulty · 8 reviews

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Past student reviews · Ann Terlaak

Professor Ann Terlaak taught this course with an engaging, passionate style that encouraged student participation and discussion. Students reported that the workload included several group projects and class participation, but no exams, with homework described as light or manageable.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.43 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.54 GPA, 79.5% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 74.1% A/AB (n=27 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Kelly Nyhoff

Kelly Nyhoff’s past teaching received sharply divided feedback. One student found the course stimulating with cases and guest speakers, describing it as easy enough to avoid stress, though noting awkwardness from the instructor’s validation-seeking. Another student reported a condescending and rude atmosphere, alleging targeted humiliation and insecurity, and described the class as truly awful.

ANN TERLAAK is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KELLY NYHOFF is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. 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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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 430

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Ann Terlaak

Ann Terlaak teaches an engaging business elective that encourages students to develop their own opinions on environmental topics through interesting, relevant discussions.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.54 GPA, 79.5% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.61 GPA, 82.6% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 74.1% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ann Terlaak

The course has no exams, but includes two time-consuming group projects and one-page article summaries. Participation is a significant component of the final grade.

Past student reviews · Ann Terlaak

Students found the class manageable and noted that Terlaak is not super strict on grading, suggesting that putting in a good effort typically results in at least a B.

Topics

  • Social, economic, and environmental dimensions of business activity and their trade-offs.
  • Frameworks and measurement systems for incorporating sustainability into corporate decision-making.

Skills

  • Analyze causes of sustainability challenges and apply frameworks and measurement systems to corporate decision-making.
  • Explain social, economic, and environmental dimensions of business sustainability and identify trade-offs.

Grades

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MHR 310 · Spring 2027

Challenges & Solutions in Business Sustainability

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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