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BET 100Foundations of Entrepreneurial Practice

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology

When it runs

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

Ran in 7 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to entrepreneurship, equipping students with the entrepreneurial mindset needed to identify and act on opportunities. Students will explore key theories, concepts, and practices in entrepreneurship, understanding its critical role in driving innovation.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

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 0815050463 / 475Online or by arrangement

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 08148840 / 250Online or by arrangement
LEC 7011881225 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

29% liked it58% easy24% useful

From 196 ratings and 52 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The most useless course I have ever taken (and probably will take) in my entire life. Online course, so I thought it'd be pretty easy. And it is, it doesn’t require much effort to complete each individual assignment. But the TAs grade assignments as if each additional percentage point over 75% costs them 20$ out of their pockets. And with the nonsense, arbitrary, unclear excuse of a rubric they have, they’ll never bother to justify themselves either. Utterly useless and stubborn TAs too, who will refuse to admit that they misunderstood your project or increase your grades at ALL COSTS. God himself could descend from the heavens to tell them they were wrong, and they’d STILL respond with a…

    Dec 2024 · didn’t like it · 4 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Useless course, with a completely arbitrary marking scheme.

    Apr 2016 · didn’t like it · 3 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • BET 100 (In online) was a fully asynchronous course with no live lectures or Zoom meetings — just posted content and assignments. The material itself can be useful if you’re genuinely interested in entrepreneurship or business thinking, but the course was very unengaging overall. It felt more like completing tasks for grades rather than learning through interaction or discussion.
    The workload consisted of multiple “challenges” (assignments/projects) such as problem identification, customer segmentation, design sprints, and a final business model canvas. None of these were particularly difficult, but they were time-consuming and required real effort — not something you could rush in one…

    Dec 2025 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • If your TA had a bad day, you are screwed.

    Mar 2024 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • I wouldn't say the course is hard but there are a few TAs that are unforgiving to students and particularly harsh when marking. Some of them mark based on their own preferences, rather than follow the mark scheme. This was made very clear by the comments they wrote on students' assignments. So, this can make or break your experience.

    Jan 2022 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

169 posts and comments in 133 threads mention BET 100, July 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

Spring 2024

Afm first year courses 2 points, 1 comment

“Would swapping bet 100 for afm 111 for 1a term be a good choice? I got preassigned bet 100”

u/Fearless-Papaya-6195: “BET 100 is online, so if you want to have more free time, id say stick to it. AFM 111 (offline) is a bird course too. It depends on whether you want more free time in 1A or 1B.”

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afm course load 1 point, 2 comments

“hi! i’m an incoming afm student for fall 2024 and was wondering how is the first year course load like? and also any tips would be greatly appreciated!!”

u/Spoon420Blaze: “Just Finished 1st Year AFM here’s your guide 1A AFM 191 ; If you’ve done high school accounting this course is gonna be ridiculously easy until after midterms, regardless, I would always reccomend …”

u/Spoon420Blaze: “… BET 100 : This is a TA course, the readings are useless, don't bother. This course is built into multiple assignments in which you develop your "entreprenurial idea", I must state this now, MAKE SURE YOUR IDEA ISN'T SHIT. …”

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Winter 2024

AFM question ab coop and marks 1 point, 0 comments

u/No-Cheek-4564: “… Idfk how I fucked up BET 100 from all courses but it's whatever. Should I just drop it and re-do it in the summer or do I just firm the 60? Pre much will a WD harm my rep more than a 60 or nah? Also any advice on getting a summer internship? …”

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AFM 3 points, 6 comments

u/No-Cheek-4564: “Hi I'm currently in my 1b for AFM and so far I have been struggling especially with BET 100 and AFM 112 as I am putting in alot of time into these assessments and I am just getting low 70s. I understand with BET 100 there's subjective marking, but, do TAs really not care? …”

u/gottaneedsomehelp: “1b Afm who took this course last term here(due to transfer credits if you are curious). That seems to be the norm for BET 100. It will get better onwards. Don’t stress too much:)”

u/Live-Orchid-4180: “I took BET 100 2 years ago and the highest mark i got was a low 80. Its a mid to high 70 course. AFM 112 was really hard for me but i somehow passed the course even after failin the midterm. In AFM, almost everyone gets a co-op. …”

u/kenash29: “Ended up finishing high in BET 100. They gave me a 70 on my first assignment, but then I emailed the prof and after that every mark was higher.”

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For all the AFM 2A+ students 7 points, 5 comments

“How did you guys find the 1B term. So far it seems quite boring as I got a comms class, bet 100, and I have to do afm 112, afm 182, and afm 121. Overall were these courses easy? …”

u/DivineMuffin: “I think in general 1B is considered quite similar to 1A in terms of difficulty, if not easier. Some people struggle with the transition to uni and thus struggle in 1A but seems you didn't so you can …”

u/No-Cheek-4564: “Thanks, do you by chance remember the course BET 100? I heard the marking in that strongly depends on who the TA is alot of the time they just give the same mark for each assignment”

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