AFM 445Information Technology Assurance and Audit Analytics

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: Accounting and Financial Management

When it runs

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course builds on the development of knowledge about, as well as skills in using, data analytics by allowing students, as users and interpreters of model output, to learn through a range of cases that focus on controls for information systems and audit applications.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
  - AFM244 - Analytic Methods for Business 3 (0.50)
- Complete 1 of the following
  - Must have completed the following:
    - AFM451 - Audit Strategy (0.50)
  - Must have completed the following:
    - AFM351
- Complete 1 of the following
  - Enrolled in H-Accounting & Financial Management, H-Mathematics/Chartered Professional Accountancy, H-Science & Financial Management, or H-Sustainability & Financial Management
  - Enrolled in H-Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LEC 001	4022	26 / 50	M 11:30–14:20

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This course with Giselle Obendorf was honestly pretty disappointing. Most classes were just us blindly following Alteryx instructions and then talking about whatever results popped out. We were basically reading instructions on a screen, doing the work ourselves, and then talking about what we found. The professor did not teach much new content and mainly stepped in only if people got stuck during the workshop. It felt like we were basically teaching ourselves while the professor just facilitated a discussion.
The grading made even less sense. 20% of the grade came from workshops where the actual work was due days later, yet you got a zero if you did not physically show up. You could do…

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Winter 2021

Feb 21, 2021 AFM CPA/CFA Pathway 0 points, 21 comments

u/Drip_Killa: “… AFM 445 - Information Technology Assurance and Audit Analytics | (5) BA Spec. 2. AFM 427 - Intermediate Portfolio Management | (5) Financial Markets Spec.) 3. AFM 422 - Management of Financial Institutions | (6) Financial Markets Spec.) 4. Elective 5. …”

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Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

Undergraduate Calendar, 2026–27The official entry
Requirements for Fall 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
Schedule of Classes, Fall 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
Quest Class SearchWhere you enrol
Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them

Calendar versions

Undergraduate Calendar

2021–22
2024–25
2025–26
2026–27 requisites changed (shown here)
2019–20 and earlier on ucalendar