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MATBUS 371Introduction to Corporate Finance

Units
0.50
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Mathematical Business

When it runs

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

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Cash flow analysis. Cost of capital, investment decision rules, capital budgeting, depreciation. CAPM. Description and valuation of financial instruments including stocks, swaps, options, and bonds.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
    • ACTSC221 - Introductory Financial Mathematics (Non-Specialist Level) (0.50)
    • ACTSC231 - Introductory Financial Mathematics (0.50)

Corequisites

  • Completed or concurrently enrolled in at least 1 of the following:
    • STAT231 - Statistics (0.50)
    • STAT241 - Statistics (Advanced Level) (0.50)

Antirequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
      • ACTSC291 - Global Capital Markets and Financial Analytics (0.50)
      • ACTSC372 - Investment Science and Corporate Finance (0.50)
      • ACTSC391 - Corporate Finance (0.50)
      • AFM272 - Global Capital Markets and Financial Analytics (0.50)
      • AFM273 - Financial Instruments and Capital Markets (0.50)
      • AFM274 - Introduction to Corporate Finance (0.50)
      • AFM275 - Corporate Finance (0.50)
      • ECON371 - Business Finance 1 (0.50)
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:

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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 00162210 / 48MW 11:30–12:50
LEC 701239020 / 9999Online or by arrangement

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From 5 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The course load was relatively light, many concepts were covered such as CAPM and WACC, but didn't go too much in depth (basically Laurier's Financial Management 1 & 2 mushed together). There's also 2 useful finance certifications (one of them being Bloomberg) that are part of the grading scheme, and there's no midterm or final exams! Required for my degree but really useful math elective especially if you're getting into investment banking.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

9 posts and comments in 6 threads mention MATBUS 371, September 2022 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

Anyone taken Stat 454? 3 points, 0 comments

u/miss270202: “… My courseload will look something like this: Co 370, Matbus 371, Comm 400, and Stat 454. I just wanted to reach out and find anyone who's taken the course, and what you thought about the content. …”

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Stat 454/Stat 341 4 points, 14 comments

“Hi everyone, I'm trying to complete my remaining math electives and I do well in Stat courses. I was deciding which Stat course to take as my last math elective, and I'm stuck between Stat 454 and …”

u/Osteospermum: “Warning if you take 341 with Ryan Browne, his exams are no joke. Way harder than normal course material and worth 80% when I took it.”

u/miss270202: “… I'm planning to take it W25 along with C0 370, Matbus 371, and Comm 400. I want to make sure I don't have too heavy of a semester because Co 370 is my main focus that term, the other two I can handle. …”

u/mmooner: “stat 341 will be way easier, especially since you've already taken stat 372. stat 454 is on the easier side for a 4th year stat course, but all 4th year stat courses are harder and have more work …”

u/miss270202: “I'm assuming you've taken it before, do you think it's manageable with 3 other courses? I'm planning on taking it with CO 370, Matbus 371 and Comm 400.”

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Spring 2023

MATBUS 371 no offering? 1 point, 2 comments

u/jAves_Zhang: “Hey all, I am a Math/BA student and thus have to do MATBUS 371, which is also the prerequisite of my later stage courses. However, I noticed it is offered neither in Fall 23 nor Winter 24 (according to the link below). …”

u/2kofawsome: “It doesnt look like MATBUS 371 is a prereq for any future courses https://uwflow.com/course/matbus371? Hopefully that helps your problem since you can wait longer if needed”

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ACTSC 371 Not offered anymore? 2 points, 2 comments

“I heard from a friend who took ACTSC 371 last term that it is no longer being offered. Confirmed this with the projected course offerings on the UW website. …”

u/myuwaterloothrowaway: “From what I've experienced, ACTSC 371 was cancelled due to low enrollment. It was replaced by MATBUS 371 for my degree requirements, so you can consider asking your advisor if that would count for you.”

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Fall 2022

Is MATBUS 371 hard for someone bad in AFM 101? 1 point, 0 comments

u/gooseatwaterloo: “Hi everyone, can someone give me your insight about MATBUS 371 ? I was struggling in AFM 101, so pretty unsure if I can take this course. Thanks.”

u/omwtokillEuronymous: “I found these two courses largely unrelated. A better comparison would be BU 111 but mainly the TVM questions that were asked relating to stocks and bonds. …”

u/gooseatwaterloo: “Hi, thanks for your reply. NVM, I think I won't take MatBus 371.”

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