Professor Mansour Farhat of Youtube fame joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting, a podcast production of Where Accountants Go.
34,000 Subscribers & Growing!
We usually start at the beginning in the shownotes, but this time we are jumping right to one of the major points. If you haven’t yet found Professor Farhat’s accounting lectures on Youtube and you are an accounting student, or even a recent student, you may be among the minority! Mansour started his Youtube channel simply as a way to make his lectures in one class available to students at another university where he was teaching as well. To his surprise though, the channel grew far past just the students in his class and as of this recording he has surpassed 34,000 subscribers to his Youtube channel! Definitely a testament to how helpful his content is.
In Service of Students
It’s important to note that all of his material is free… yes, free. There are videos of common courses such as Intermediate Accounting and Auditing, as well as lessons that apply directly to those pursuing the CPA certification. In total he has over 1,200 videos with accounting course content. And it’s all free. It’s simply an additional resource for students that feel they need a different delivery format, or additional instruction, in order to help them better learn the material.
Give It A Chance…
One of the interesting comments Professor Farhat made during the interview was in response to the final three questions. When we asked him about his ‘biggest mistake’, he went back to one of his early job changes. He said that he should have given that job more of a chance and stayed longer to see if it could have worked out. What was interesting to me is that I think we can apply that same philosophy to the study of accounting. If you are a student and having difficulty with the initial accounting courses, make sure you give the major a chance. It could be that you simply need to stay a little longer for the concepts to take hold, or it could be that you just need some additional help to learn and retain the material. This is where Farhat’s Youtube channel comes into play. Thirty-four thousand other learners have benefited from Mansour’s videos… chances are you will too.
To find Farhat content on Youtube, search for “Farhat Accounting” or click here: https://www.youtube.com/user/user10452
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