Spring 2027

Challenges & Solutions in Business Sustainability

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS IN BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY provides knowledge and skills to tackle challenges at the intersection of business and sustainability.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ann Terlaak3.6/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Kelly Nyhoff

One student described the coursework as having an obnoxious amount of work.

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.

  • Use knowledge and skills in business sustainability for developing professional values and pathways.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program

    • Graduate/professional standing
    • declared in graduate Business Exchange program
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MHR 710

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  • Any of
    • Graduate/professional standing
    • declared in graduate Business Exchange program

Professors

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About this rating

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.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.58 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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 Fall 2023. 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 · Kelly Nyhoff

A past student found the lectures boring and dry, and stated they would not take the class again.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.58 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Kelly Nyhoff

One student described the coursework as having an obnoxious amount of work.

Past student reviews · Kelly Nyhoff

A former student expressed strong dissatisfaction, noting they would never take the professor's class again.

Topics

  • Causes of sustainability challenges in business
  • Frameworks and measurement systems for sustainability in corporate decision-making

Skills

  • Tackle challenges at the intersection of business and sustainability
  • Apply sustainability principles and frameworks to corporate decision-making

Grades

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MHR 710 · 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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