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ACTSC 371Introduction to Investments

Faculty
Mathematics
Last listed
Spring 2023

No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2023 and last ran in Winter 2023. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.

When it ran

  1. W20
  2. S20
  3. F20
  4. W21
  5. S21
  6. W22
  7. S22
  8. W23

Ran in 8 terms, Winter 2020 to Winter 2023.

Introduction to capital markets. Analysis of equity and fixed income investments. Introduction to derivative securities including futures, forwards, swaps, and options. [Offered: F,W,S]

Requirements, as last listed

Coreq: STAT 231 or 241

In today’s calendar

Reviewed on UW Flow

62% liked it63% easy78% useful

From 89 ratings and 15 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Brent Matheson is one of the wrost profs ever even though he cared about students. He can't teach at all. This class had interesting material but because of the prof, I didn't enjoy the course at all

    Oct 2012 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Unless you want to pirate the textbook and teach the entire course yourself, avoid Qiuqi Wang at ALL COST!

    Apr 2023 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Easy course for sure. 4-week contents from ACTSC231. 4 easy Learn quizzes with unlimited attempts. Tutorial quizzes only have 1-2 questions.

    Jun 2022 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Boring lectures but you have to attend to get 5% participation marks and he also gives bonus marks if you go to class, so easy free marks. material is easy, just study off lecture slides before the quizzes and you’re good.

    Mar 2022 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Interesting intro course

    Dec 2019 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

287 posts and comments in 216 threads mention ACTSC 371, November 2011 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2023

Unable to Select courses for Winter 2024 1 point, 6 comments

“I was selecting Stat 371 and Matbus 470 for my Winter 2024 term, but the error message showed up saying I did not meet the requisites. …”

u/Pyr04K: “regarding matbus 470, have you done actsc 371/372 before?”

u/Pyr04K: “which prereq are you taking for matbus 470?”

u/Pyr04K: “icic, for me i had to do a course override for matbus470 cuz they have actsc 371 listed as a prereq but since that course is discontinued, they take actsc 372 has a prereq now but it doesn't seem like that change is reflected in quest”

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Easiest 300-400 Math Course? 1 point, 4 comments

“Better if I can take it online. Math course includes ACTSC, AMATH, CO, CS, MATBUS, MATH, PMATH, and STAT.”

u/Sarahiiina: “ACTSC 371, Stat 341, Stat 443, Stat 431 are on the easier side. (Max 10 hours a week is enough if you don’t go to class)”

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Spring 2023

Math Bird courses for fall 2023 1 point, 7 comments

“I have to take a math elective from one of the following subjects :ACTSC, AMATH, CO, CS, MATH, PMATH, or STAT. I am looking to take an easy course thats preferably online. …”

u/Affectionate-Pop693: “I think CS has the most fun bird courses: CS 330, CS 338, CS 200, CS 100 CO 480, ACTSC 371 (gone now), STAT 337 (with Cecelia Cotton), and STAT 332 (with Riley Metzger) are also pretty bird.”

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ACTSC 371 Not offered anymore? 2 points, 2 comments

u/jake_7m: “I heard from a friend who took ACTSC 371 last term that it is no longer being offered. Confirmed this with the projected course offerings on the UW website. Does anyone know why they discontinued the course? I was going to take it”

u/myuwaterloothrowaway: “From what I've experienced, ACTSC 371 was cancelled due to low enrollment. It was replaced by MATBUS 371 for my degree requirements, so you can consider asking your advisor if that would count for you.”

u/Particularly_Lost: “Yup i took actsci 371 last term and they said it was the last term it was being offered”

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Easiest level 300/400 math course 24 points, 14 comments

“I know there is a post about this, but that is five years old, and looking at UWflow, some courses have been restructured. Any advice on what courses may still fit into this?”

u/gooseinwaterlooo: “CS 330/ CS 430/ PMATH 330/ PMATH 340/ ACTSC 371 / STAT 332 / STAT 430”

u/Beautiful-Carpet-536: “actsc371 is no longer offered :(”

u/NetMiddle8797: “Wait, ACTSC 371 won't be offered in future academic terms, including Fall 2023?”

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Winter 2023

Take MATBUS471 1 point, 8 comments

“I want to take MATBUS471 and 472 next term but it is only open to some specific programs. I am currently in FARM which is allowed to take this course but I might drop FARM later to Mathfin which is …”

u/Particularly_Lost: “No you should be fine it should remain. For example a lot of Math students can get overridden into CS department for a single term just to be able to enroll in upper level CS major courses and then …”

u/Particularly_Lost: “Good to know thanks I just wrapped up ACTSCI 371 this term and it was a complete mess lolll (wasn't with Peter) but ya Peter's ratemyprofs look pretty solid so looking forward to it”

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Spring 2022

ACTSC 371 3 points, 5 comments

u/SpaghettiMessiah: “If it makes you feel any better, I took ACTSC 371 last term and we got something similar. Class averages might've been too high and the final was straight-up disgusting. …”

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Winter 2022

STAT231 3 points, 7 comments

“Does STAT231 correspond to any of the actuarial (SOA) exams? Thanks!”

u/onlyinsurance-ca: “230 and 231 will roughly be exam p. Fm would be some combination of actsci 231, 371, 372 iirc.”

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