Office of the Provost
Office of the Provost

The Humanities: Art, Literature, Music, and Media

The Humanities: Art, Literature, Music, and Media Curriculum (HALM, formerly HALC)

The Humanities: Art, Literature, Music, and Media (HALM) requirement serves to deepen students’ understanding and experience of a range of creative media representing cultural expressions from various historical periods and world regions, from the local to the global.

Through reading, listening, viewing, analyzing, writing, and/or creative practice, students acquire the intellectual and practical tools to interpret human experiences portrayed in the arts, literature, music, and media.

HALM Learning Goals:

HALM courses must be Georgetown University courses and cannot be fulfilled by transfer credits; they must be 3-credit courses. Courses that can fulfill other Core requirements (such as HIST, PHIL, THEO) are ineligible.

*In 2026-27, we’ll be undergoing a transformation from the older “HALC” designation (Humanities: Arts, Literature, and Culture) to HALM (Humanities: Arts, Literature, Music and Media). For this academic year, courses with the designation will be tagged with both HALC and HALM. In Fall 2027, the tag HALC will be retired in favor of HALM.

Faculty may submit proposed courses for the HALM designation here.