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AFM 476Corporate Financial Decision Making

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Accounting and Financial Management
Cross-listed
ACTSC 471

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.

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 the second course of a two-course sequence that deals with corporate financial decision making. The course builds on the theory of financial management using cases to illustrate a variety of corporate financial decisions. Where suitable, topics are treated from a mathematical and quantitative perspective.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • AFM373 - Cases and Applications in Corporate Finance (0.50)

Leads to

Reviewed on UW Flow

78% liked it88% easy75% useful

From 9 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Really just case applications of previously learned stuff. Can be hard to see what you're doing wrong, and can be really annoying to keep up with weekly cases and class participation. Did the bare minimum.

    Apr 2025 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Pretty relaxing class compared to all the other courses I took this terms. Exams are straightforward, participation is weighted heavily and the synopses we have to do are quite time consuming and really hard to do well(vast majority of people get 75% on each synopsis).

    Dec 2017 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • You learn most of the stuff you need to know in class, and doing the cases beforehand makes it that much easier. You still have to do some thinking and work for the cases, but the accompanying PowerPoint usually walks you through the steps.

    Mar 2017 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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6 posts and comments in 5 threads mention AFM 476, October 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 2022

FARM vs MATH/CPA 2 points, 7 comments

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u/AFMISFULLOFNOOBS: “… Additional Required Math Courses (4): AFM 272/ACTSC 291 Global Capital Markets AFM 275/ACTSC 391 Corporate Finance AFM 476/ ACTSC 471 Corporate Decision Making STAT 373 Regression and Forecasting Models in Fin. …”

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Winter 2019

Fall 2018

Fall 2017

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u/UWCourseLinker: “… in Corporate Finance AFM 474 - Derivative Securities AFM 475 - Fixed Income Securities AFM 476 - Advanced Corporate Finance AFM 477 - Mergers and Acquisitions AFM 478 - International Financial Management AFM 479 - Cases and Applications in Finance II AFM 480 - Selected Problems …”

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