AFM 204Introduction to Applied Finance
- 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 basic knowledge and skills required for employment in the finance area during the first co-op work term. The course covers topics such as an overview of the financial services industry, the role of treasury management within organizations, professional ethics, and problem-solving skills that are applicable to financial decisions.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: AFM 121; Level 2A or 3A; Accounting and Financial Management students. Coreq: AFM 273. Antireq: AFM 201, 203
In today’s calendar
- AFM 205 lists it as an antirequisite
Reviewed on UW Flow
67% liked it36% easy91% useful
From 15 ratings on UW Flow. Read them all on UW Flow.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
19 posts and comments in 16 threads mention AFM 204, July 2015 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
u/suh-dude_: “… in undergrad as long as you're comfortable talking infront of others 2A - FALL (I took AFM 202 and 204) AFM 291 - Intermediate Accounting 1: This course screwed over a lot of students. …”
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. …”
Fall 2019
[THREAD FOR UPDATING WHICH COURSE RELEASED MARKS] 8 points, 15 comments
u/DC_Fapper: “AFM 291 AFM 273 AFM 204”
Spring 2019
question for 2A AFM students! 3 points, 3 comments
u/WorthLettuce: “Are you able to add AFM 202, 203 or 204 on Quest? I am getting a requisite error”
Fall 2018
AFM 2A Marks Thread 26 points, 24 comments
“To all the afm 2a's; congrats, you survived 2A. How did the marks go for all of you. Do you think any courses curved? I got 59 in 291, 80 in 202, and failed 273. How did 2A go for you guys?”
u/illegal_mango: “Low 70s for afm 291 and 273, high 80 in afm 204”
Suggestions for 1B Electives for AFM Students 0 points, 18 comments
“Hi, I am currently a 1a AFM student, looking for suggestions for 1b electives that is somehow related to the course or useful in a way. …”
u/stopgoingonmisc: “afm 202 afm 204”
Spring 2018
What are your favourite and least favourite classes you've taken? 10 points, 40 comments
u/henry-bacon: “Favourite: AFM204 Least Favourite: MATH109”
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. …”
Fall 2017
PSA: UWCourseLinker back up, disabled by default, call with [[course code]] 39 points, 31 comments
u/RayDWatson: “Testing all course codes 1/61: [[ACC604]] [[ACC605]] [[ACC606]] [[ACC607]] [[ACC608]] [[ACC609]] [[ACC610]] [[ACC611]] [[ACC620]] [[ACC621]] [[ACC622]] [[ACC623]] [[ACC624]] [[ACC625]] [[ACC626]] …”
u/RayDWatson: “Testing all course codes 2/61: [[AFM204]] [[AFM211]] [[AFM231]] [[AFM241]] [[AFM271]] [[AFM272]] [[AFM273]] [[AFM274]] [[AFM280]] [[AFM291]] [[AFM311]] [[AFM321]] [[AFM322]] [[AFM323]] [[AFM328]] [[AFM329]] [[AFM331]] [[AFM332]] [[AFM333]] [[AFM341]] [[AFM344]] [[AFM351]] …”
u/UWCourseLinker: “AFM 204 - Introduction to Applied Finance AFM 211 - Connections to Business Context AFM 231 - Business Law AFM 241 - Introduction to Business Information Technology AFM 271 - Managerial Finance 1 AFM 272 - Corporate Finance 1 AFM 273 - Managerial Finance 1 AFM 274 - Managerial …”
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: “… 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 433 AFM …”
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? …”
AFM 204 Overload? 0 points, 1 comment
u/UWsped: “Hey guys, I'm in Math/CPA and I was wondering if I should overload my 2A term so I can take AFM 204. I'm going for the finance option and already have 5 required coureses to do for the term (AFM 202, 291, 271, MATH 237, and STAT 230) would overloading kill me or am i good to go? …”
Fall 2016
Accounting projects 10 points, 15 comments
“Is there one in every accounting course? If yes then i am ready to leave my program and switch into something more economics based.”
u/Darkness2190: “Duuuude come on that project was pretty easy it just takes a while to do....first year afm is a joke compared to other programs”
u/Darkness2190: “Ps. If u hate projects dun take AFM 204”
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