@Spongebob777 : Not sure, but I know that finance is “harder” to most students. It is more mathematically intensive and exams seem to be very important to success in those classes. Furthermore exams tend to be more challenging in finance. Those who are double majoring in math or CS or are naturally strong in those areas tend to have a natural advantage.
It could be different kinds of hard (like group projects in things like marketing can get stressful and annoying especially since those classes still mark on the curve). Kind of like comparing similar departments at say Georgia Tech and Emory. I know chemistry best, so I’ll stick with that. Georgia Tech is, in introductory and intermediate chemistry courses is known for assigning students more graded work in lab and lecture, but Emory is more known for instructors that give much harder exams and a lower graded workloads (you are expected to keep up with recommendations on your own and to kind of figure out what level they want you to learn it) in lab and lecture. It is kind of like picking your poison. You can either deal with a higher workload and easier exams or you may be better at challenging exams and being independent. Most students coming from HS are more acclimated to work counting as a higher percentage of the grade and then being given midterms with a solid share of easier/lower level prompts (and also more plentiful examinations).