Can you get a master's degree without a bachelor's degree in the same subject?

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Yes, there are many cases where you can get a master's degree without a bachelor's degree in the same subject. Typically, your bachelor's degree has relevance to what you plan on studying in your master's program, but that may not be true in every case.

Most master's programs have prerequisite courses required for admission. These courses are often covered under the bachelor's degree programs for the same subject, such as a math undergraduate program having the necessary classes that are prerequisites for a master's degree in the math program. But, there are many master's degrees that also have prerequisites that are obtained through a bachelor's in math but are not mathematical master's.

You may have to take additional courses if your undergraduate is not the same as your graduate degree. As long as you have these prerequisites covered as well as enough knowledge to pass any entrance exams, you can definitely have different subjects for your undergraduate and graduate degrees with little to no problems.