Is it possible to study an MA in Animation without an arts degree?

@PQ might be able to give some advice.

In your case, I don't think it's really possible, regardless of the type of animation you wanted to go into. You won't develop any relevant technical or creative skills on a social work course, and I think without a considerable background of relevant work in industry (which is pretty hard to get even for animation grads a lot of the time) you would have a hard time demonstrating your preparation for such a course. Most masters courses in arts (also in general, actually) aren't "conversion" courses for graduates of other degrees, and even those that might be more amenable to that would probably expect you have background in some area of art or design or something else very relevant (e.g. having a degree in fine art by wanting to go into animation might fly for a few, or perhaps CS to 3D animation)...).

I think if you know social work isn't for you, and you are interested in animation, your best bet would be to withdraw from your course and pursue that alternative option. Since you're only in first year, you would still have full funding for a degree from SFE available (you would just lack the "gift" year), and if you do it before the new term starts (i.e. when you get your next maintenance loan disbursement) you shouldn't have to repay much, if any, of your maintenance loan. You may need to do a FAD course to prepare an appropriate porfolio for an animation course however, particularly if you haven't done GCSE or A-level/equivalent art. This is something you might want to look into in the meantime if you did withdraw from your current course.

This post is a little bit hypothetical, but its been a niggling question so I'm going to ask it.
All my life, I've wanted to be an animator, and all my life, I've been into drawing, designing, making up stories and that fun stuff. Unfortunately, I was told repeatedly by family that doing an arts subject wasn't a good thing to do-my dad did an arts degree and it got him nowhere. I was also made to feel somehow defective as a teenager for wanting to see Disney films and buying obscure animated films instead of the bombastic love affairs that were popular at the time.
So now I am 25, with the passion kicked out of me I guess, and I am studying Social Work. I love it, although I am only in my first year, and I think I will be a very good Social Worker-but it isn't my passion. I haven't let anyone know about this, but I've started obsessively drawing again and I am building a portfolio. My plan is to qualify, do my AYSE year, work as a Social Worker and then apply for an Animation MA, possibly part-time whilst I can continue to work. I'm a grown-up and I don't need permission.
However, there is the issue of most universities requiring Animation MA students having a degree in Arts. I have no art qualification at all, not even a GCSE as I wasn't allowed to take it. If I have to go back and do qualifications again, then I will do so begrudgingly, but does anyone know of anyone undertaking an Arts MA without having an undergraduate qualification in a similar subject?
Thanks