ECTS - Financial Management in Tourism

Financial Management in Tourism (TOUR423) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Financial Management in Tourism TOUR423 3 0 0 3 6
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. İbrahim Birkan
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To make the students have knowledge about financial management in tourism.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To explain the terms related to the finance and financial management.
  • To interpret the financial tables.
  • To provide to calculate break-even and analyze profitability etc.
  • To prepare cost-revenue tables at least belong to their departments.
  • To provide to get enough knowledge about how to provide financial resources and how they can be used effectively in tourism establishments.
Course Content Financial management in tourism and examples from practice.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to finance and managerial accounting Chapter 1
2 The balance sheet Chapter 2
3 The income statement Chapter 3
4 The statement of cash flows Chapter 4
5 Ratio Analysis Chapter 5
6 Basic cost concepts Chapter 6
7 Mid-term Exam Mid-term Exam
8 Cost- Volume- Profit analysis Chapter 7
9 Cost approaches to pricing Chapter 8
10 Forecasting methods Chapter 9
11 Operations budgeting Chapter 10
12 Cash management Chapter 11
13 Capital budgeting Chapter 12
14 Lease accounting-Income taxes Chapter 13
15 Review Review
16 Final Exam Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Hospitality Industry Managerial Accounting, Raymond S. Schmidgall, 7 th Ed.
Other Sources 2. Hospitality Industry Financial Accounting, Raymond S. Schmidgall and James W. Damitio, 3 rd Ed.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 20
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 35
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 45
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 55
Percentage of Final Work 45
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 The skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts of tourism management X
2 Analyzing and designing management techniques and practices in tourism organizations X
3 Understanding the planning, organizing, executing, coordinating and control functions of tourism management, along with explanation and implementation of them X
4 Understanding the strategic, tactical and operational dimensions of the tourism management X
5 Ability to use the modern techniques and technological devices of tourism industry X
6 Improving the ability to effectively implement the knowledge and skills in alternative tourism areas X
7 Concentrating practice along with theoretical frame of tourism management X
8 Developing the skills of communication X
9 Understanding the trends in the tourism industry X
10 Having the quality consciousness in the tourism industry X
11 Adopting work ethic and social responsibility in the tourism industry X
12 Ability to effectively implement the business knowledge and skills in at least one of the following fields: service, marketing, finance, human resources and accounting in tourism management X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 10 2 20
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 20 20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 35 35
Total Workload 123