Can I go to a grad school (say a business school) and major in finance or economics if I majored in a liberal major during undergrad? I want to major in economics at Oxford or LSE but I’m an anthropology major at UCLA with a 4.0 GPA. Do master programs require you to have almost identical undergrad degree?
Quick answer!!
Yes to your first question. No to your second.
You definitely can! But your course selection at undergrad should, obviously, reflect an interest in economics.
Slightly different answers.
You can certainly go to business school and get an MBA or an MS in finance, as long as you make sure you take the quantitative prerequisites for finance.
But if you want an MA in economics at a non-business/non-professional program, that’s a different story - you’re going to need some foundation in economics first. LSE has two tracks for their MSc in economics; if you have an undergrad economics degree you can do it in one year, but if you don’t you opt for the 2 years. Even then, they say this:
To be eligible to apply for the two year route, a student should have a strong academic qualification with emphasis on quantitative subjects. We give detailed attention to transcripts and look for strength in mathematics and statistics especially.
So if you want to do either finance or econ for grad school, you’re going to have to take some intermediate math. At bare minimum, complete three semesters of calculus, linear algebra, and a semester of statistics.
If you look at OP’s other threads, he is variously going to go to UCLA, already in UCLA and maintaining a 4.0, maintaining a 3.8, wanting to go to Penn State because it is easy, a junior in high school with an 1850 SAT, an anthropology major intending to go to med school, wanting to go to NYU for economics. . . etc etc.
Just be forewarned before wasting time answering any of his questionable threads.