Program Overview

Accounting and Financial Management Program

The Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of accounting and finance, enabling them to approach business challenges with insight and expertise. The program focuses on developing students' entrepreneurial mindset, analytical prowess, and professional skills, preparing them to become valuable members of any organization.

Program Overview

The AFM program is built on the foundation of accounting and finance, with a strong emphasis on technology and analytics. Students will learn how to apply, select, analyze, and effectively interpret data, as well as develop their entrepreneurial mindset to become experts in all stages of a business. The program also focuses on building students' analytical prowess, business savvy, and professional skills, including teamwork, relationship-building, and communication.

Program Objectives

The AFM program aims to equip students with the unique mindset and financial expertise to provide new perspectives and unique solutions that positively impact global economies. By the time they graduate, students will have developed the skills and knowledge to:

• Develop their entrepreneurial mindset to become an expert in all stages of a business
• Lead peers and themselves in tackling problems and cases to maximize their understanding of critical business startup and growth issues
• Build their analytical prowess by learning how to apply, select, analyze, and effectively interpret data
• Gain the know-how to become business savvy by learning how technology impacts business, and successfully leveraging it
• Polish their professional skills to enhance their analytical and people skills - teamwork, relationship-building, and communication
• Strengthen their people skills outside of the classroom by participating in workshops, tutorials, conferences, and competitions

Program Structure

The AFM program is designed to provide students with a flexible and personalized learning experience. Students will have the opportunity to design their own academic and career pathway based on the experiences they gain from the courses they take, the co- and extracurricular initiatives they participate in, and the co-op work terms they complete.

Admission Requirements

The admission requirements for the AFM program are not specified in the provided context. However, it is mentioned that aspiring professionals can find information on undergraduate admission requirements and applying to the AFM program.

Program Resources

The School of Accounting and Finance provides various resources to support students, including:

• Questions answered by current AFM students
• Chat with a student
• The Fellowship Program
• Student experiences
• Professional development and certification

University Information

The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of its work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. The university is committed to reconciliation and has an Office of Indigenous Relations to coordinate its efforts. The university's main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.