Spring 2022 Quest 2 Courses

About UF

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. In UF Quest 2, students draw upon the biological, physical or social and behavioral sciences to explore pressing questions about human societies and/or the planet.

The UF Quest 2 Requirement

Students who enter UF in or after Summer B 2021 are required take one Quest 2 course (either in their first or second year) to complete the UF Quest 2 requirement and to satisfy 3 credits of the General Education requirement in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Biological Sciences, or the Physical Sciences (see the UF Quest Requirement page for more information). Honors students are required to take an Honors Quest 2 course to complete the UF Quest 2 requirement. Some Quest 2 courses may also fulfill either the Diversity (D) or the International (N) requirement and/or count toward the Writing requirement. 

Quest 2 Courses

Click on the links below to learn more about the individual courses and to access course syllabi, which will be posted at least 3 days 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 2334: Chemistry in the Cocina Latina
IDS 2935: An Ounce of Prevention
  • InstructorJennifer Doty, Family, Youth and Community Sciences
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Class Number: 22825
  • Days and Periods: R 5-6
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Syllabus: An Ounce of Prevention
IDS 2935: Are We Alone? Searching for ET Life
IDS 2935: Biodiversity in a Changing World
  • Instructor: Jennifer Weeks, Entomology and Nematology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 30830
  • Days and Periods: T periods 5-6, R period 5
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus: Biodiversity in a Changing World
IDS 2935: Can Big Data Save the Earth?
IDS 2935: Changing Clothes
  • Instructor: Melissa Mellon, University Writing Program
  • Class Number: 29892
  • Days and Periods: MWF Period 6
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 4000 Words
  • Syllabus: Changing Clothes
IDS 2935: Climate Change Economic Impacts
IDS 2935: Climate Change Science and Solutions
IDS 2935: Conserving Nature for Whom?
  • Instructor: Mysha Clarke, Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
  • Class Number: 22334
  • Days and Periods: W periods 3-5
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
  • Syllabus: Conserving Nature for Whom?
IDS 2935: Europe’s Food Environment
  • InstructorAgata Kowalewska, European Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 25133
  • Days and Periods: T periods 8-9, R period 8
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Syllabus: Europe’s Food Environment
IDS 2935: Journalism, Justice and Civic Change
IDS 2935: Law, Injustice & Soc Problems
IDS 2935: Living with Rising Seas
IDS 2935: Nature in a Hungry World
  • Instructor: Mathew Leibold, Biology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 22339
  • Days and Periods: T periods 2-3, R period 2
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences  
  • Syllabus: Nature in a Hungry World
IDS 2935: People, Planes and the Planet
IDS 2935: Rhetoric & Privacy in the Digital Age
  • Instructor: Angela Bascik, University Writing Program
  • Class Number: 25127
  • Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
IDS 2935: Sexual Controversies
  • Instructor: Stephanie Bogart, Anthropology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 25128
  • Days and Periods: T periods 6-7, R period 7
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences, Diversity
  • Syllabus: Sexual Controversies
IDS 2935: Stars and the Nuclear Arms Race
IDS 2935: The Anthropocene
  • Instructor: Daniel Contreras, Anthropology
  • Class Number: 25130
  • Days and Periods: T period 4, R periods 4-5
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International, 4000 Words
  • Syllabus: The Anthropocene
IDS 2935: The Circular Nature of the COVID-19 Pandemic
IDS 2935: Unintended Consequences in the Environment
IDS 2935: What are Plants Talking About?
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
IDS 2935: What's Love Got to Do with It?
IDS 2935: Why Does the Past Matter?
IDS 2935: Words Matter: The Discourse of Public Engagement

Honors

IDS 2935: Communication and Civic Engagement
IDS 2935: Feeding the Planet
IDS 2935: The Next Pandemic
  • Instructor: Gabriela Hamerlinck, Geography
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 22326
  • Days and Periods: MWF Period 3
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Honors: Yes 
  • Syllabus: The Next Pandemic

UF Online

IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
IDS 2334: Chemistry in the Cocina Latina
IDS 2935: The Next Pandemic
  • Instructor: Gabriela Hamerlinck, Geography
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 22326
  • Days and Periods: MWF Period 3
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Honors: Yes 
  • Syllabus: The Next Pandemic
IDS 2935: Nature in a Hungry World
  • Instructor: Mathew Leibold, Biology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 22339
  • Days and Periods: T periods 2-3, R period 2
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences  
  • Syllabus: Nature in a Hungry World
IDS 2935: Biodiversity in a Changing World
  • Instructor: Jennifer Weeks, Entomology and Nematology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 30830
  • Days and Periods: T periods 5-6, R period 5
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus: Biodiversity in a Changing World
IDS 2935: Can Big Data Save the Earth?
IDS 2935: What are Plants Talking About?
IDS 2935: Climate Change Science and Solutions
IDS 2935: Stars and the Nuclear Arms Race
IDS 2935: Unintended Consequences in the Environment
IDS 2935: Are We Alone? Searching for ET Life
IDS 2935: Living with Rising Seas
IDS 2935: Sexual Controversies
  • Instructor: Stephanie Bogart, Anthropology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 25128
  • Days and Periods: T periods 6-7, R period 7
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences, Diversity
  • Syllabus: Sexual Controversies
IDS 2935: Europe’s Food Environment
  • InstructorAgata Kowalewska, European Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Number: 25133
  • Days and Periods: T periods 8-9, R period 8
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Syllabus: Europe’s Food Environment
IDS 2935: An Ounce of Prevention
  • InstructorJennifer Doty, Family, Youth and Community Sciences
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Class Number: 22825
  • Days and Periods: R 5-6
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Syllabus: An Ounce of Prevention
IDS 2935: What's Love Got to Do with It?
IDS 2935: Climate Change Economic Impacts
IDS 2935: Feeding the Planet
IDS 2935: The Circular Nature of the COVID-19 Pandemic
IDS 2935: Rhetoric & Privacy in the Digital Age
  • Instructor: Angela Bascik, University Writing Program
  • Class Number: 25127
  • Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
IDS 2935: Words Matter: The Discourse of Public Engagement
IDS 2935: Conserving Nature for Whom?
  • Instructor: Mysha Clarke, Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
  • Class Number: 22334
  • Days and Periods: W periods 3-5
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
  • Syllabus: Conserving Nature for Whom?
IDS 2935: The Anthropocene
  • Instructor: Daniel Contreras, Anthropology
  • Class Number: 25130
  • Days and Periods: T period 4, R periods 4-5
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International, 4000 Words
  • Syllabus: The Anthropocene
IDS 2935: People, Planes and the Planet
IDS 2935: Law, Injustice & Soc Problems
IDS 2935: Why Does the Past Matter?
IDS 2935: Journalism, Justice and Civic Change
IDS 2935: Communication and Civic Engagement
IDS 2935: Changing Clothes
  • Instructor: Melissa Mellon, University Writing Program
  • Class Number: 29892
  • Days and Periods: MWF Period 6
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 4000 Words
  • Syllabus: Changing Clothes
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?