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AFM 479Cases and Applications in Finance 2

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 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course builds on the theory of finance and uses cases and applications to further address finance issues and competences, including risk management, equities, derivatives, and other investments.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

22% liked it67% easy33% useful

From 9 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • They say this is a continuation to AFM373, but this course is way easier. I think when Blake and Ecclestone taught this before, it was actually hard, but with Alan Huang and JAD, it's not that bad. The only problem is, it's too easy and the things you learn are too useless. 373 focused a lot on valuations, DCF, synergies and financial modelling. This course was purely theoretical and bsing. Our final exam on derivatives, had no derivatives in it and was rather a strategies case like AFM433. While in equities from Alan Huang we learned some interesting theories, they are not that practical in real life. Ecclestone would let students do stock simulations and so on, this course has none of…

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  • First half of the course with Alan Huang was alright, his quizzes and midterm exam were fair and straightforward. Second half with John D'Amato was fine until the final exam. So many people bombed it that our final mark was curved up afterwards which was pretty nice. The group case reports and presentations were marked nicely for the most part.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

21 posts and comments in 19 threads mention AFM 479, September 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 2024

afm 4B average 3 points, 5 comments

“Hi, does anyone know the average for the challenging courses like afm 491 and afm462? even afm482 for 4B term? i am genuinely concerned about my last term to get it into the Macc program lol. …”

u/TeemoG0d69: “… If you're taking all 3 at the same time with no electives (including AFM 479 and 401), getting a strong average will be tough.”

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Fall 2020

Retake AFM 291 2 points, 11 comments

“Hi, I'm a fourth year Math/CPA student. Unfortunately, my grade for AFM 291 was 58% after second try. As I'm entering my 4B term, I want to know what options I have in order to get a grade above 60% …”

u/pwcunt: “I don't think 291 is a basket course for the MAcc application, is it possible for you to apply UW Macc? …”

u/RMfollower: “… I still need to take AFM 341, 351, 401, 462, 479, 482, 491, and I will take 401, 462, 479, 482 and 491 this term. So I think my cumulative GPA might be at least 75% after this term. Why the MAccFin is not that good? …”

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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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AFM 4B Term Courses -- Summary 22 points, 2 comments

u/angelxlotus: “… &x200B; AFM 479: when I took this course, they had completely redone the course and it was overall pretty easy. The first half of the course (for the midterm) is all qualitative. …”

u/RoastThisPls: “… AFM 479: this course was pretty easy tbh. One of the profs however was incompetent and didn't teach anything post midterm. Pretty sure that Prof quit already so the youngins should b ok. AFM 482: just read the post class slides and do good on the cases. …”

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Fall 2019

AFM 479 - Prof 26 points, 19 comments

u/cs200partnerplz: “Can someone share their thoughts on how they felt Sanjiv Talwar's classes helped them prepare for this final? This final was a complete meltdown for me and I wanted to know if his other students felt the same way.”

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