<p>I just finished up my undergraduate business degree with accounting and finance majors, and I think cream is pretty much spot on. Most general business courses aren’t particularly difficult, and I’m pretty much positive that accounting is nowhere near as difficult as most science and math type majors. That said, most accounting courses I’ve taken are harder than the average business course, and while not exactly intellectually rigorous, they do seem to require more effort than pretty much any other course I’ve taken. (I also have a political science minor, so I do have a rather limited point of comparison in terms of other liberal arts UD courses). In my experience, UD accounting courses are generally a lot more more work, but overall less difficult to score well in than intro level weeder type accounting courses. But overall, yeah, I agree, its not physics, and a high threshold for pain and a willingness to put in a lot of effort can probably compensate a lot more for other shortcomings than would be the case in other fields of study. </p>
<p>At OP: My GPA was a 3.86 and I probably put around 3.5 to 4 hours a day into studying (so 25-30 hours per week), taking between 15-18 credits per semester. On the plus side though, virtually everything involves being able to memorize and put together A LOT of simple rules. It gets more complex with more specialized courses like auditing and corporate tax, but I think if you put in enough effort and can tolerate a lot of boredom, you’re virtually guaranteed to do well enough.</p>