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AFM 203Introduction to Decision Support

Faculty
Arts
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. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.

In the course catalog from Winter 2020 to Spring 2023; Open Data has no classes for it in that time.

This course focuses on the knowledge and skills that enhance experiential learning during a first co-op work term while performing a decision support role within a public or private sector organization. Topic areas include professional ethics, performance analysis, corporate finance, and leveraging technology for performance analysis and corporate finance competencies.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: AFM 101; Level 2A or 3A Accounting and Financial Management, Mathematics/Chartered Professional Accountancy, or Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy students. Antireq: AFM 201, 204

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From 4 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Similar to the previous comment, the Excel labs were really nice (learning from YouTube series works, too, but this way you have human contact you can ask questions to). Otherwise lots of article reading which was unnecessary and usually dull.

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  • Excel labs were very useful to learn many new functions to be more proficient at Excel, but the lectures had dull and boring content.

    Nov 2013 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

8 posts and comments in 7 threads mention AFM 203, July 2017 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.

Spring 2020

Comprehensive Guide to AFM based on my experiences 70 points, 26 comments

“I've seen a lot of questions about AFM, what the program is like, and what the workload is like. As a current MAcc student, I thought I would weigh in for anyone who wants to know what AFM is like. …”

u/leea0526: “… MATH 109 replaced with AFM 111 STAT 211 replaced with AFM 113 AFM 211 replaced with AFM 212 AFM 202/203/204 replaced with AFM 20[5,6,7,8] AFM 341 - they changed it up in 2019 so it's more about data analytics and b l o c k c h a i n. …”

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Spring 2019

Spring 2018

AFM 2A tuition questions 1 point, 2 comments

u/stonesstone: “… So do this mean that we just need to take 4 more courses, which is AFM291, AFM273, and two selectives from (AFM202, AFM203, AFM204)? I didn’t know about PD1 before. So I add five more courses, and now I had 6 courses including PD1. …”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… ACTSC 846 ACTSC 970 ACTSC 972 ACTSC 974 ACTSC 991 AFM 101 AFM 102 AFM 123 AFM 131 AFM 202 AFM 203 AFM 204 AFM 231 AFM 272 AFM 273 AFM 291 AFM 321 AFM 323 AFM 328 AFM 329 AFM 333 AFM 341 AFM 344 AFM 362 AFM 373 AFM 391 AFM 401 AFM 415 AFM 418 AFM 424 AFM 425 AFM 428 AFM 429 AFM …”

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Spring 2017

Afm 203 or 204? 0 points, 3 comments

u/myProgScks: “Almost course swap time, still cant decide between 203 and 204. I picked 203 during course selection without any research beforehand. Should I switch 203 for 204? I heard 204 is useful for finance but what about 203? …”

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