Fall 2021 Quest 1 Courses

About UF Quest

UF Quest invites students to consider why the world is the way it is and what they can do about it. Students examine questions that are difficult to answer and hard to ignore in a world that is swiftly changing and becoming increasingly more complex. What makes life worth living? What makes a society a fair one? How do we manage conflicts? Who are we in relation to other people or to the natural world?

The UF Quest 1 Requirement

Quest 1 courses fulfill the UF Quest 1 requirement and 3 credits of the General Education requirement in the Humanities (see the UF Quest Requirement page for more information). Honors students are required to take an Honors Quest 1 course to complete the UF Quest 1 requirement. Some Quest 1 courses may also fulfill either the Diversity (D) or the International (N) requirement and/or count toward the Writing requirement.

Current Students

Current students may register for Quest 1 courses during Advance Registration. Once Preview begins, the remaining seats in all Quest 1 sections will be reserved for incoming students. During Drop/Add, these restrictions will be lifted, and current students may register for any Quest 1 course that still has openings.

New Students

By May 4, new students will receive an email with information on how they can choose their Quest 1 course for the upcoming academic year (see the New Student Guide to UF Quest).

Quest 1 Courses

Click on the links below to learn more about the individual courses and to access course syllabi, which will be posted before the semester begins. Click the Campus, Honors, or UF Online button to filter by program or type in the search field to look for a particular subject, topic, instructor, etc.

For the day and periods that the classes meet, please consult the Schedule of Courses. A note is provided in One.UF for each Quest 1 and Quest 2 course so you can easily distinguish them.

Course Themes Culture Built Environment Literature Music Society Art Theater Dance
General Education Requirements Diversity International 2000 words 4000 words

Campus

IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: Hybrid. Students are required to attend the weekly class meeting at the time and in the room specified in the Schedule of Courses. The other two contact hours are an online asynchronous lecture (or the equivalent) and an online asynchronous discussion.
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Syllabus: Clark, Michel, Nichols
IDS 2935: Anatomy of a Story
IDS 2935: Art of Identity & Health
IDS 2935: Artistic Revelation
IDS 2935: Autobiography in Lit & Perform
IDS 2935: Becoming Black
IDS 2935: Body, Self, World
IDS 2935: Cultural Animals
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
  • InstructorRachel Carrico, Theater
  • Format: 100% Online (some asynchronous and some synchronous instruction)
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Democracy in Theory and Action
IDS 2935: Design and Identity in Everyday
IDS 2935: European Experience
IDS 2935: Globalization Cities Cinema
IDS 2935: God, Humanity and Evolution
IDS 2935: Idea of Happiness
IDS 2935: Language and Emotion
  • Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
  • Format: Online Asynchronous
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words 
  • Syllabus: Language and Emotion
IDS 2935: Long Civil Rights Movement
IDS 2935: Madness/Race/Histories
IDS 2935: Medicine, Science and the Dawn of Reason
IDS 2935: Music and Global Politics
IDS 2935: Music and Spirituality
IDS 2935: Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
IDS 2935: Passing and Politics of Identity
IDS 2935: Pirates & Power: A Global History

 

 

IDS 2935: Places and Spaces
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
  • Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
  • Format: Hybrid (some online, asynchronous instruction and some in-person instruction). Please consult the Schedule of Courses for the time and location that the class meets in person. 
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity
  • Syllabus: Politics of Race at UF  
IDS 2935: Post Holocaust US Jews
IDS 2935: Secrets of Alchemy
IDS 2935: Shelter Development
IDS 2935: Sounding the Alarm: Music and Social Engagement with the Environment
IDS 2935: Time, Culture, and Identity
IDS 2935: Why Sports Matter
  • Instructor: David Canton, African American Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus: Why Sports Matter

Honors

IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: Hybrid. Students are required to attend the weekly class meeting at the time and  in the room specified in the Schedule of Courses. The other two contact hours are an online asynchronous lecture (or the equivalent) and an online asynchronous discussion.
  • Class Numbers: 14846, 14847, 14850, 15077, 15145, 15147,15179, 15263, 15295, 20018
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Honors: Yes
  • Syllabus: Clark, Michel, Nichols
IDS 2935: Acting for Change
  • Instructor: Colleen Rua, Theatre and Dance
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 14899
  • Days and Periods: T 4, R 4-5
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Honors: Yes
  • Syllabus: Acting for Change
IDS 2935: Identity of the Self from Classical Antiquity to the Digital Era
  • Instructor: Eleni Bozia, Classics 
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 14907
  • Days and Periods: MWF 5
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
  • Honors: Yes 
  • Syllabus: Identity of the Self
IDS 2935: Secrets of Alchemy
IDS 2935: Writing Life: Art, Drama, Film, Literature, Poetry, and You

UF Online

IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: Online Asynchronous
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Syllabus: Schultz
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Language and Emotion
  • Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
  • Format: Online Asynchronous
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words 
  • Syllabus: Language and Emotion
IDS 2935: Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
  • Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
  • Format: Online Synchronous
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity
  • Syllabus: Politics of Race at UF
  • Description: Before the admissions of the first Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, international, and other students of color, the University of Florida practiced an unyielding form of racism that excluded these students.  After it desegregated, these students often encountered a very hostile and unwelcoming environment.  This course will discuss race relations in both the past and present by examining the theories and methodologies in research articles and books.  It is a multi-disciplinary course that will appeal to students of all majors at UF.  The class will discuss essential questions, write papers, complete an experiential oral history activity, and receive information about current campus units that conduct research on racial issues. 
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: Hybrid. Students are required to attend the weekly class meeting at the time and in the room specified in the Schedule of Courses. The other two contact hours are an online asynchronous lecture (or the equivalent) and an online asynchronous discussion.
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Syllabus: Clark, Michel, Nichols
IDS 2935: Post Holocaust US Jews
IDS 2935: Cultural Animals
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
  • InstructorRachel Carrico, Theater
  • Format: 100% Online (some asynchronous and some synchronous instruction)
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Medicine, Science and the Dawn of Reason
IDS 2935: Shelter Development
IDS 2935: Art of Identity & Health
IDS 2935: Why Sports Matter
  • Instructor: David Canton, African American Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus: Why Sports Matter
IDS 2935: Democracy in Theory and Action
IDS 2935: Design and Identity in Everyday
IDS 2935: Long Civil Rights Movement
IDS 2935: Becoming Black
IDS 2935: Pirates & Power: A Global History

 

 

IDS 2935: Artistic Revelation
IDS 2935: Music and Global Politics
IDS 2935: Anatomy of a Story
IDS 2935: Time, Culture, and Identity
IDS 2935: Autobiography in Lit & Perform
IDS 2935: Globalization Cities Cinema
IDS 2935: Music and Spirituality
IDS 2935: European Experience
IDS 2935: Language and Emotion
  • Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
  • Format: Online Asynchronous
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words 
  • Syllabus: Language and Emotion
IDS 2935: Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
IDS 2935: Places and Spaces
IDS 2935: Sounding the Alarm: Music and Social Engagement with the Environment
IDS 2935: Secrets of Alchemy
IDS 2935: Madness/Race/Histories
IDS 2935: Body, Self, World
IDS 2935: Idea of Happiness
IDS 2935: Passing and Politics of Identity
IDS 2935: God, Humanity and Evolution
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: Hybrid. Students are required to attend the weekly class meeting at the time and  in the room specified in the Schedule of Courses. The other two contact hours are an online asynchronous lecture (or the equivalent) and an online asynchronous discussion.
  • Class Numbers: 14846, 14847, 14850, 15077, 15145, 15147,15179, 15263, 15295, 20018
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Honors: Yes
  • Syllabus: Clark, Michel, Nichols
IDS 2935: Identity of the Self from Classical Antiquity to the Digital Era
  • Instructor: Eleni Bozia, Classics 
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 14907
  • Days and Periods: MWF 5
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
  • Honors: Yes 
  • Syllabus: Identity of the Self
IDS 2935: Writing Life: Art, Drama, Film, Literature, Poetry, and You
IDS 2935: Secrets of Alchemy
IDS 2935: Acting for Change
  • Instructor: Colleen Rua, Theatre and Dance
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 14899
  • Days and Periods: T 4, R 4-5
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Honors: Yes
  • Syllabus: Acting for Change
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: Online Asynchronous
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Syllabus: Schultz
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
IDS 2935: Language and Emotion
  • Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
  • Format: Online Asynchronous
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words 
  • Syllabus: Language and Emotion
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
  • Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
  • Format: Hybrid (some online, asynchronous instruction and some in-person instruction). Please consult the Schedule of Courses for the time and location that the class meets in person. 
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity
  • Syllabus: Politics of Race at UF  
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
  • Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
  • Format: Online Synchronous
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity
  • Syllabus: Politics of Race at UF
  • Description: Before the admissions of the first Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, international, and other students of color, the University of Florida practiced an unyielding form of racism that excluded these students.  After it desegregated, these students often encountered a very hostile and unwelcoming environment.  This course will discuss race relations in both the past and present by examining the theories and methodologies in research articles and books.  It is a multi-disciplinary course that will appeal to students of all majors at UF.  The class will discuss essential questions, write papers, complete an experiential oral history activity, and receive information about current campus units that conduct research on racial issues.