<p>JamesN</p>
<p>Several points:</p>
<p>Firstly you cannot study economics alone at Oxford. It appears as part of the Joint Honours courses PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) or E&M (Economics & Management). You can read Economics alone at Cambridge.</p>
<p>Have a look at [this</a> link](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/ppec.shtml]this”>http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/ppec.shtml) which gives you some information about the PPE course and the entry requirements. You will see there is also a written test at the interview. If you follow the link at the top of the page to ‘Selection criteria’ you will find some more detailed information e.g. if you have previously studied economics you can expect to be questioned on it. There’ll be similar pages on E&M somewhere.</p>
<p>My understanding is the the economics course requires a good grounding in maths, otherwise you might struggle.</p>
<p>Regarding maintainyourvelocity’s comments they are very unlikely to say “You’ve probably never heard of the western short-nosed wombat but tell us about it anyway”. Instead they may well give you a piece of academic writing about said wombat and then quiz you on it to see what your critical thinking is like and how you can apply your existing knowledge. (In your case the piece of academic writing would most likely be about Phil, Pol or Econ.)</p>
<p>For much much more on PPE, E&M and Oxbridge interviews try <a href=“http://www.thestudent%5B/url%5D”>www.thestudent</a> room.co.uk (take out the space before ‘room’) which is the UK equivalent of these boards. </p>
<p>And think yourself lucky - you would probably have just one interview in New York or Vancouver, but your UK colleagues who are interviewed in Oxford are likely to have at least one interview on each of the three subjects of PPE!</p>