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AFM 241Impact of Technology on Business

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Accounting and Financial Management

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This is an introductory course focusing both on foundational concepts and emerging trends in the impacts and usage of technology in accounting and finance. Potential topics include strategic investment, planning and spending for technology in businesses, and current disruptive technologies impacting global business processes.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • CS330 - Management Information Systems (0.50)
    • CS480 - Introduction to Machine Learning (0.50)
    • CS490 - Information Systems Management (0.50)

Leads to

Reviewed on UW Flow

20% liked it29% easy20% useful

From 92 ratings and 25 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Every class was the professor reading the slides to us from beginning to end in monotone, making it one of the most useless classes I've ever taken in my life. AFM 207 final last year and AFM 241 midterm this year, the professor told us that there would be no definition questions on the exam, but when you sit down in the exam room, you realise you've been lied to, and the entire exam is all about definitions!!!
    Also this class will not benefit you in any way, the professors never tell us what they want from our exams, all they do is to lower our average grade.

    Aug 2023 · didn’t like it · 8 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Completely useless, no point in learning all these, not even learning anything, just to drag our grades by marking very strictly, don't even know what the exam structure was. Everything is outdated, the professor sucks. Unfortunately, this is mandatory for AFM students. Other students, please avoid this course at all costs!

    Aug 2023 · didn’t like it · 8 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • extremely useless course and strict marking, a waste of time

    Aug 2023 · didn’t like it · 8 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Totally agree with the other comments. Worst course with worst prof ever experienced in AFM. Exam markings are extremely strick, and prof does not teach you how to get marks on the exams in class. Midterm average was a 60 and the person with the highest grade only got a 80. There's no curve for the midterm, regrade only increased 2.3 marks out of the total 100.

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  • Terrible class, Prof read slides in a monotone voice for every class. Gave no direction on how midterm or exam will be structured or any indication of what they will be looking for.

    Aug 2023 · didn’t like it · 7 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

22 posts and comments in 21 threads mention AFM 241, April 2016 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 2023

Winter 2021

AFM CPA/CFA Pathway 0 points, 21 comments

u/Drip_Killa: “… AFM 241 \- Impact of Technology on Business 2. AFM 244 \- Analytic Methods for Business 3 3. AFM 274 \- Introduction to Corporate Finance 4. AFM 291 \- Intermediate Financial Accounting 1 5. ECON 102 \- Introduction to Macroeconomics Year 3 Fall (3A) 1. …”

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Spring 2020

Winter 2020

Waterloo AFM vs Math/CPA? 9 points, 16 comments

“I have seen a few posts about these two programs, and it seems that there are mixed opinions, but the general consensus seems to be that AFM students tend to be more cliquey and the social …”

u/ProButtSnorkler: “Some of the info below is from advisors and some of it is from people I know in both programs: - apply to math/cpa because if you end up not liking the math side you can transfer to AFM apparently no …”

u/student073: “… For example, it seems like for Math/CPA you'd need AFM 341, 351, 362, 363, 401, 462, 479, 481, 482, etc, while AFM needs AFM 111, 112, 121, 241, 244, 280, 373, etc. Why is it that they have different required AFM courses and what are the main differences? …”

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Spring 2019

AFM241 Open Letter 17 points, 30 comments

u/ELCANfanboy: “… AFM 241 or Introduction to BS Jargon. It's beyond unengaging, repetitive, uninspired and belongs in the r/FellowKids subreddit. This course is what you get when 50 year old boomers try and teach students about how to use technology in business in our current world. …”

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Winter 2019

Am I fucked 11 points, 17 comments

“Im a 2nd year, on winter co-op right now. I forgot to pick classes for my 2B schedule.. Am I fucked”

u/caneatalldayeveryday: “Can say I did the exact same thing for 3A because forgot to select courses while on co-op. Not messed at all, like the guy below said, you still have add/drop period on March 21 because there's …”

u/bw0732: “I just checked 211 and afm 280, 274 and 241 and they are all not there: I tried using different browsers as well. I unchecked the show open classes box but it’s just not showing up :(”

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Spring 2018

AFM 241 Final 5 points, 2 comments

u/mathecon291: “The prof for this course this term was pretty trash, didnt really teach anything. I was planning on just using the test bank to study for the final because the prof keeps saying hes gonna pull questions from there. …”

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