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AFM 373Cases and Applications in Corporate Finance

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 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 4 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course builds on the theory of financial management using cases to illustrate a variety of corporate financial decisions.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001332846 / 45MW 10:00–11:20
LEC 002332960 / 60MW 11:30–12:50
LEC 003333060 / 60MW 14:30–15:50
LEC 004333157 / 60MW 08:30–09:50
LEC 005835448 / 45MW 10:00–11:20
TST 1013799271 / 270Oct 30 12:00–14:20

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00132960 / 50MW 08:30–09:50
LEC 00232970 / 50MW 10:00–11:20
LEC 00335030 / 50MW 13:00–14:20
LEC 7011242129 / 9999Online or by arrangement
TST 10136140 / 150Mar 2 19:00–20:50

Reviewed on UW Flow

49% liked it25% easy86% useful

From 43 ratings and 13 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • This course is really useful. You learn about things such as DCF, budgeting and forecasting that are skills almost essential to any finance student. But the course is based on cases. No official solutions will be posted, and you'd have to rely on many assumptions. Participation is almost too high in this course. The course is very disorganized. If you are a person that relies on reading textbook or course material, it's going to be very difficult. The course also depends on who teaches it. If you have Brisley this would be a terrible course for you. Overall, useful stuff you learn here, but the way the course is taught doesn't allow you to attain maximum learning. I'd rather it be a normal…

    Nov 2016 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Difficulty of this course is greatly exaggerated as long as you can get your hands on the completed spreadsheets. All you have to do is review the cases and memorize the steps taken. I found the links to real-world examples and D'Amato's teaching style to be pretty interesting. Having to submit all the the cases and go fishing for participation is the most annoying part, but ChatGPT can get you through that.

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  • This course provided an excellent opportunity to apply the theory learned across the finance courses taken in years 1 & 2. I had D'Amato, and as much as people have mixed feelings about him, he was very enthusiastic and did his best to prepare students for both the midterm and final. You will get what you put into the course, but as long as you do all the cases and review them ahead of the exams, you should be able to pull out a decent mark.

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  • Although some content can be challenging, if you paid attention in class and read the cases thoroughly, it becomes pretty clear on what's expected of you. Make sure to have someone who's taken the class before give you their completed case notes as none of the content taken up in class is posted. Overall, very solid class that teaches you basic financial concepts in a case-based setting.

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  • Worst class this term. I didn't resonate with the teaching style at all, it just seemed all over the place. You're expected to complete the cases beforehand (based on content that they haven't taught yet), then go through the cases the whole class. Expect to get a 75% on just about all the cases except the ones that don't require much calculation. The content is confusing and you're basically teaching yourself this whole class, with some guidance from the prof. Also, prof doen't post the answers after class, so if your calculations are wrong, they can't help you.

    Apr 2025 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

44 posts and comments in 41 threads mention AFM 373, August 2014 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 373 Final 4 points, 0 comments

u/Cheap-Ad-3056: “I heard that the 373 final was paper and pencil during the prior terms and was supposed to be easier than our weekly cases and midterm but this term, our final will also require Excel so just wondering if anyone took 373 and did the final on Excel? …”

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AFM 373 Midterm 3 points, 2 comments

u/Foreverevil316: “Any advice for the 373 midterm? This is the course with Alan Douglas / John D'amato on Cases and Applications in Corporate Finance. Pretty notorious amongst upper-year AFM students for being the msot difficult course in 3A. …”

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AFM 3A Difficulty 6 points, 3 comments

“Hey guys i'm going into 3A in a couple days and i was wondering if any upper years had any tips to do well and what courses to watch out for? Thanks”

u/CoolFun11: “… The two classes I found most difficult & that you should watch out for were AFM 382 & AFM 373. The 3B term was more difficult than 3A for me, though, and I especially had difficulties with AFM 391 (which is a continuation of 291) & AFM 362. …”

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Winter 2024

afm midterm 1 point, 1 comment

“afm 182 midterm tmrw and im so confused why all my 1b midterms are like 35% of my grade? This class doesnt even give mock midterms to practice and the concepts are so generealized? …”

u/Live-Orchid-4180: “Main upper year courses midterms will be worth around 30-40% and exam could be upto 45%. Afm 291 midterm is worth 30% and exam is 45%. Afm 273 midterm is 30% i believe. Afm 373 and 382 are 30% too.”

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Fall 2023

Spring 2023

Failed AFM 291 midterm 6 points, 12 comments

u/Live-Orchid-4180: “So i got a low mark on the AFM 291 midterm and i am thinking to drop it and take it in fall 2023. I couldn’t take AFM 274 in 2B as i failed AFM 273 which i am retaking right now. Is it hard to take AFM 291 in 3A and AFM 274 in 3B? Also when will i take AFM 373?”

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Fall 2022

HELP: AFM 373 8 points, 1 comment

u/unsightlypeasant: “Is anyone currently taking AFM 373? I’m doing a deferred exam for this semester and half of the course cases are completely different from when I took the course. I asked the prof for help but all I can get are blank slideshows. …”

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