AFM 112Analytic Methods for Business 1
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
This course introduces analytical methods commonly used in business for accounting and finance professionals. The course introduces students to the cross-industry standard process for data mining as an approach to business problem recognition and solving. Students also apply emerging technologies as a means to understand concepts such as variables, data types, subsets, formulas for creating derived variables, and simple models.
Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Enrolled in H-Accounting & Financial Management, H-Science & Financial Management, or H-Sustainability & Financial Management
- Enrolled in H-Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
Fall 2026 sections
| Section | Class | Enrolled | Meets |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | 3569 | 538 / 592 | M 13:00–14:20 F 13:30–14:20 |
| TUT 101 | 3817 | 37 / 37 | W 17:30–18:20 |
| TUT 102 | 3818 | 37 / 37 | W 18:30–19:20 |
| TUT 103 | 3819 | 33 / 37 | W 19:30–20:20 |
| TUT 104 | 3820 | 12 / 37 | W 20:30–21:20 |
| TUT 105 | 3821 | 36 / 37 | W 16:30–17:20 |
| TUT 106 | 3822 | 37 / 37 | W 17:30–18:20 |
| TUT 107 | 3865 | 36 / 37 | W 18:30–19:20 |
| TUT 108 | 3823 | 22 / 37 | W 19:30–20:20 |
| TUT 109 | 3824 | 37 / 37 | T 12:00–12:50 |
| TUT 110 | 3825 | 37 / 37 | T 13:00–13:50 |
| TUT 111 | 3826 | 35 / 37 | T 15:00–15:50 |
| TUT 112 | 3827 | 35 / 37 | Th 11:30–12:20 |
| TUT 113 | 8338 | 36 / 37 | Th 13:00–13:50 |
| TUT 114 | 8339 | 36 / 37 | Th 14:30–15:20 |
| TUT 115 | 8441 | 35 / 37 | Th 16:00–16:50 |
| TUT 116 | 8442 | 37 / 37 | T 16:00–16:50 |
| TST 201 | 3570 | 538 / 592 | M 17:00–17:50 Oct 19 17:00–17:50 Oct 26 16:30–18:00 M 17:00–17:50 |
Reviewed on UW Flow
56% liked it51% easy66% useful
From 121 ratings and 25 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Online lectures were super boring and I was asleep during most, but you have to be present for the participation quizzes. Weekly quizzes make up bulk of your grade (60%) and you get 3 drops which is very helpful. Midterm and final are worth 10% each, and group assignment was the most challenging part of the class.
Dec 2023 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Honestly a pretty decent course! It does jump from spreadsheet use to coding, so be aware of that (it took me by surprise). You need to attend every lecture and seminar for participation marks. The seminar was really useful, especially when it came to the second half of the course. Weekly quizzes are worth a combined total of 60% of your grade, which is honestly a blessing and helps relieve a lot of stress. The prof was pretty funny and clear in his explanations. The group project is kind of a pain, but other than that, I enjoyed pretty much every aspect of this course. Once things click, the class becomes fairly easy.
Dec 2021 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
really easy, just attend office hours
Oct 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
The first half is google sheets, which is useless as you will need to transition to excel sooner or later, the pivot table is kind of useful. The statistics and R coding parts are pretty useful but you will learn that in AFM 113 anyway.
The online lectures are pretty boring and the zoom questions can be tricky, the tutorials were more boring where you straight up copy the stuff from the screen.
The wording on quizzes and the final are very ambiguous where a lot of people interpret them wrong. Plus there were a lot of marking errors
The final project is marked based on your creativity, they give you barely any instructions and there are so many ways to approach the problem. So it…May 2026 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
overall course is pretty easy once you understand the basics of Excel and R. understanding is the difficult part especially with how some seminar leaders teach. business dashboard project effort is NOT worth the weighting
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
52 posts and comments in 43 threads mention AFM 112, December 2018 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 2024
AFM 112 Exam 10 points, 3 comments
u/Time-Database6086: “If you did that exam on the 16th lmk what u got because I have no clue how they ended up marking it after what happened. For those that don’t know, the file we were expected to download at the start of the exam was like 550mb and as a result some people finished the download …”
AFM 112 4 points, 0 comments
u/DeskComprehensive841: “how the heck do u study for this course and do u think i can use chatgpt lols”
Need course outline for AFM112 and AFM111 1 point, 0 comments
u/Kind_Contest9856: “Im not a student anymore but need the course outlines. If anyone can send them to me it'll mean a lot.”
AFM 112 Midterm 3 points, 1 comment
Spring 2024
AFM 112 1 point, 2 comments
Would y’all change anything about this schedule? Maybe something I’m missing about one of the timings?? 1 point, 7 comments
u/queenstasha99: “I'd swap AFM112 on Friday to another day if possible so you have Fridays off.”
Afm analytics stream benefits 1 point, 3 comments
“Does anyone know the benefits of doing this stream and how the job outlooks differs from the default stream? In what circumstances would it be the path for someone to go down?”
u/PotentialYam4614: “… However, I would recommend taking it for at least 1a because: -cs115 is easier than afm112 (if your not a cs type person you’ll find the course hard but you can always switch to 112 with no penalty) -imo cs is pretty fun and you get to meet some people outside of Afm -It’s super …”
afm course load 1 point, 2 comments
“hi! i’m an incoming afm student for fall 2024 and was wondering how is the first year course load like? and also any tips would be greatly appreciated!!”
u/Spoon420Blaze: “… ( highly reccomend making quizlet cards throughout the course on the concepts, these will make studying for the exams not complete torture) AFM 112 ; If you have any programming experience especially in Python this course is piss easy, a majority of the students just used …”
Winter 2024
Accounting at UWaterloo 2 points, 8 comments
u/gomorycut: “… 101 – Introduction to Microeconomics AFM 111 – Professional Pathways and Problem Solving AFM 112 – Analytic Methods for Business 1 Question1: There are a couple of overlaps ... …”
Changing programs 4 points, 4 comments
u/Western_Wasabi_8584: “… Courses that I've taken : CS 100, EARTH 121, MATH 127, SCI 238, AFM 112, BIOL 130, BIOL 240, BIOL 240L, ECON 101, MATH 128, PHYS 111 What will be the best options &x200B;”
AFM 3 points, 6 comments
u/No-Cheek-4564: “Hi I'm currently in my 1b for AFM and so far I have been struggling especially with BET 100 and AFM 112 as I am putting in alot of time into these assessments and I am just getting low 70s. I understand with BET 100 there's subjective marking, but, do TAs really not care? …”
u/Live-Orchid-4180: “… AFM 112 was really hard for me but i somehow passed the course even after failin the midterm. In AFM, almost everyone gets a co-op. I know people who failed courses in first year and with a flat 70 avg get a co-op. …”
For all the AFM 2A+ students 7 points, 5 comments
u/No-Cheek-4564: “… So far it seems quite boring as I got a comms class, bet 100, and I have to do afm 112, afm 182, and afm 121. Overall were these courses easy? For me the 1A term was a breeze, but, so far I feel like I might underperform in these courses just because of how boring they are. …”
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