Fall 2022 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.
Quest 1 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 1161: What is the Good Life?
IDS 2935: American Constitutionalism
IDS 2935: Art and the Global Citizen
- Instructor: Bethany Taylor, Art and Art History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Atlantic Creoles
IDS 2935: Becoming Black
- Instructor: Abdoulaye Kane, Anthropology
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Body, Self, World
IDS 2935: Cultural Animals
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Digital Literacy and the Humanities
- Instructor: Sid Dobrin, English
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Global Asia
- Instructor: James Gerien-Chen, History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 14441 (M W 7, F 6); 14455 (M W 7, F 7); 14456 (M W 7, F 8)
- Gen Ed: Humanites, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Globalization Cities Cinema
- Instructor: Vandana Baweja, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: God, Humanity and Evolution
IDS 2935: Humans-Oil-Plants-Energy?
IDS 2935: Idea of Happiness
IDS 2935: Identity in American Buddhism
IDS 2935: Is There Culture in Dance and Music?
IDS 2935: Language and Emotion
- Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Life Well Played
- Instructor: Eamon OConner, Digital Worlds
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 4000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Musical Elements of Emotion
- Instructor: Margaret Clifford, Arts in Medicine
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
- Instructor: Bron Taylor, Religion
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Places and Spaces
- Instructor: John Maze, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
- Description:Examines how the spaces and places in the built environment around the world shape our lives and express who we are and who we want to be. Students will explore the campus and participate in creative class activities.
IDS 2935: Politics and Identity in Art
- Instructor: Devin Harclerode, Art & Art History
- Format: Hybrid (20068, 21122, and 21123), 100% synchronous online (26689, 26690, 26691)
- Gen Ed: Humanites
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
- Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
- Format: 100% Online
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Sounding the Alarm: Music and Social Engagement with the Environment
IDS 2935: The Anatomy of a Story
- Instructor: Alison Reynolds, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror: Representations of War and Political Violence
- Instructor: Eric Kligerman, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Fomat: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Posthuman Condition
- Instructor: Anthony Manganaro, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: War Games, United States & South Africa
- Instructor: Mark Hodge, Art and Art History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Why Sports Matter
- Instructor: Drew Brown, African American Studies
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Writing Life: Art, Drama, Film, Literature, Poetry, and You
- Instructor: Carolyn Kelley, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 words
- Syllabus
MUS 1610: Music and Spirituality
THE 1431: Autobiography in Literature & Performance
- Instructor: Manuel Simons, Theater and Dance
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 words
- Syllabus
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: 14409 and 14413
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus (Clark)
IDS 2935: Artistic Revelation
IDS 2935: European Experience
IDS 2935: Secrets of Alchemy
- Instructor: Alexander Angerhofer, Chemistry
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Numbers: 20158 and 20168
- Days and Periods: TR 7, Lab T 11-E1 or W 11-E1
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Shelter Development
IDS 2935: Time, Culture, and Identity
- Instructor: Emily Bald, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Online
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
UF Online
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: God, Humanity and Evolution
IDS 2935: Language and Emotion
- Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
- Instructor: Bron Taylor, Religion
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
- Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
- Format: Online Synchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
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: 14409 and 14413
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus (Clark)
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Artistic Revelation
IDS 2935: Musical Elements of Emotion
- Instructor: Margaret Clifford, Arts in Medicine
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Digital Literacy and the Humanities
- Instructor: Sid Dobrin, English
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Life Well Played
- Instructor: Eamon OConner, Digital Worlds
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 4000 Words
- Syllabus
MUS 1610: Music and Spirituality
IDS 2935: Body, Self, World
IDS 2935: Idea of Happiness
IDS 2935: Time, Culture, and Identity
- Instructor: Emily Bald, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Online
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Globalization Cities Cinema
- Instructor: Vandana Baweja, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Why Sports Matter
- Instructor: Drew Brown, African American Studies
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Politics and Identity in Art
- Instructor: Devin Harclerode, Art & Art History
- Format: Hybrid (20068, 21122, and 21123), 100% synchronous online (26689, 26690, 26691)
- Gen Ed: Humanites
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Atlantic Creoles
IDS 2935: Becoming Black
- Instructor: Abdoulaye Kane, Anthropology
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Writing Life: Art, Drama, Film, Literature, Poetry, and You
- Instructor: Carolyn Kelley, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: European Experience
IDS 2935: The Posthuman Condition
- Instructor: Anthony Manganaro, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Identity in American Buddhism
IDS 2935: The Anatomy of a Story
- Instructor: Alison Reynolds, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Is There Culture in Dance and Music?
IDS 2935: Language and Emotion
- Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Language and Emotion
- Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
- Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
- Format: 100% Online
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
- Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
- Format: Online Synchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: American Constitutionalism
IDS 2935: Humans-Oil-Plants-Energy?
IDS 2935: Art and the Global Citizen
- Instructor: Bethany Taylor, Art and Art History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Secrets of Alchemy
- Instructor: Alexander Angerhofer, Chemistry
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Numbers: 20158 and 20168
- Days and Periods: TR 7, Lab T 11-E1 or W 11-E1
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: God, Humanity and Evolution
IDS 2935: God, Humanity and Evolution
IDS 2935: Places and Spaces
- Instructor: John Maze, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
- Description:Examines how the spaces and places in the built environment around the world shape our lives and express who we are and who we want to be. Students will explore the campus and participate in creative class activities.
IDS 2935: Shelter Development
IDS 2935: Sounding the Alarm: Music and Social Engagement with the Environment
IDS 2935: Cultural Animals
IDS 2935: Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
- Instructor: Bron Taylor, Religion
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
- Instructor: Bron Taylor, Religion
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: War Games, United States & South Africa
- Instructor: Mark Hodge, Art and Art History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror: Representations of War and Political Violence
- Instructor: Eric Kligerman, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Fomat: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Global Asia
- Instructor: James Gerien-Chen, History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 14441 (M W 7, F 6); 14455 (M W 7, F 7); 14456 (M W 7, F 8)
- Gen Ed: Humanites, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
THE 1431: Autobiography in Literature & Performance
- Instructor: Manuel Simons, Theater and Dance
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 words
- Syllabus
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