Quest 1 course syllabuses must conform to the UF Syllabus Policy, the General Education Course Syllabus Policy, and the Writing Requirement Syllabus Policy (if applicable). Please consult the General Education Syllabus Checklist when preparing your syllabus.
Quest 1 Syllabus Checklist
In addition to the required items that each UF syllabus and General Education syllabus must include, the Quest 1 syllabus must fully meet Quest 1 goals, objectives, and requirements and include:
- A course description that fully states the essential questions that the course examines.
- A link to the Quest 1 Objectives and Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs).
- Course-specific Obectives and SLOs that clearly align with Quest 1 Objectives and SLOs (see Syllabus Builder for examples).
- A week-by-week course schedule detailed enough to demonstrate that the weekly topics and assigned materials (readings, viewings, online activities, etc.) are multi-disciplinary, meet the criteria for the Gen Ed designations you seek, and address the course’s essential questions.
- At least one analytical essay that is thesis driven (minimum 1,000 words).
- Faculty may not substitute other types of writing assignments for the analytical essay or satisfy this requirement by having multiple analytical essays that equal 1,000 words.
- Most Quest 1 courses will have other writing assignments in addition to the analytical essay of at least 1,000 words.
- Deliberate self-reflection by students, achieved through assigned work or structured class discussion.
- An experiential learning opportunity.
Note: Faculty first receive "temporary" approval to teach their Quest course as IDS 2935. Because temporary Quest courses cannot include a Material and Supply Fee, faculty should develop experiential activities for temporary Quest courses that do not require such fees. A Material and Supply fee can be added only to a Quest course that has been approved for the "permanent" designation.
Sample Quest 1 Syllabus
- Anatomy of a Story (Quest 1, Humanities, Diversity, 2,000 words)