Course

Financial accounting for hotel and tourism (BHO201)

Financial Accounting for the hospitality industry is an introduction course for bachelor students. The main aim for the course is to teach students to read and understand annual reports from companies in the hospitality industry.


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2025-2026

Fakta

Emnekode

BHO201

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Autumn

Undervisningsspråk

Norwegian

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Autumn

Content

Financial accounting for the hospitality sector is an introductory-level course in financial accounting.

Learning outcome

After completing the coursestudents are expected to have

Knowledge:

  • Have knowledge of basic accounting
  • Have knowledge about cash flow analysis
  • Have knowledge of analysis of accounting

Skills:

  • Have skills in posting financial transactions
  • Have skills in preparing cash flow analysis models
  • Have skills in calculating various ratios for the analysisof financial statements

General knowledge:

  • After completing the coursethe student should possess basic knowledge of financial statements for the hotel and hospitality industry.
  • Be able to critically analyse the financial statements based on various tools and techniques, and discuss the financial reports which are particularly important in large chains with the centralised financial function
  • Use of Excel in connection with accounting reporting and cash flow analysis

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Written exam 3/10 3.25 Hours Letter grades - 1), Approved calculator
Written exam 7/10 4.25 Hours Letter grades - 2), Approved calculator

1) Notes on your own PC: Max. 3 Excel templates (your own pre-filled), and your own notes in a Word file that only contains text and or tables, not images or clippings.
2) Notes on you own PC*

Handwritten notes or books are not approved aids.

Fagperson(er)

Course coordinator:

Trude Furunes

Course coordinator:

Jinghua Xie

Method of work

Lectures and Group work

Åpent for

Open course for all students with an active right to study and who meet the requirements for general university admissions certification (GSK).

Emneevaluering

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.
The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1