Fall 2022 Quest 1 Courses
About UF Quest
UF Quest promotes a high level of faculty engagement in undergraduate education, connects to and goes beyond your major, and gives you the opportunity to choose courses that are meaningful to you to complete the general education requirement.
The UF Quest 1 Requirement
Undergraduate students are required to take one UF Quest 1 course to satisfy three credits of the general education requirement in the Humanities. Some Quest 1 courses may also be used to fulfill three credits of the Diversity or International requirement and/or count toward the Writing requirement.
Choosing Your Quest 1 Course
- Step 1: New students (who have not already done so) need to answer a Short Questionnaire to learn whether they need to take the New Student Quest 1 Survey to choose a Quest 1 course.
- Step 2: Fall admits should review the Fall Quest 1 course descriptions (see below).
- Step 3: Take the New Student Quest 1 Survey by May 4.
Fall Quest 1 Courses
Click on the links below to learn more about the individual courses. You can filter by theme/requirement or type in the search field to find a particular subject or topic.
Course Themes
Culture
Literature
Music
Art
Dance
General Education Requirements
Diversity
International
2000 words
4000 words
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
American Constitutionalism
- Instructor: Paul Gutierrez, Political Science
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities
Art and the Global Citizen
- Instructor: Bethany Taylor, Art and Art History
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
Becoming Black
- Instructor: Abdoulaye Kane, Anthropology and Alioune Sow, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
Body, Self, World
- Instructor: Meredith Farnum, Theatre and Dance
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities
Cultural Animals
- Instructor: Jonathan Rick, Philosophy
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 words
Digital Literacy and the Humanities
- Instructor: Sid Dobrin, English
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 words
Global Asia
- Instructor: James Gerien-Chen, History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanites, International, 2000 Words
Globalization Cities Cinema
- Instructor: Vandana Baweja, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 Words
God, Humanity and Evolution
The Horror, The Horror: Representations of War and Political Violence
- Instructor: Eric Kligerman, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Fomat: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
Humans-Oil-Plants-Energy?
- Instructor: Emily Hind, Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Katerie Gladdys, Art and Art History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
Identity in American Buddhism
- Instructor: Mario Poceski, Religion
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity
Is There Culture in Dance and Music?
Language and Emotion
- Instructor: Ann Wehmeyer, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
Life Well Played
- Instructor: Eamon OConner, Digital Worlds
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 4000 Words
Musical Elements of Emotion
- Instructor: Ferol Carytsas, Arts in Medicine
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 4000 Words
Music and Global Politics
- Instructor: Ido Oren, Political Science
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
Nature, Spirituality & Popular Culture
- Instructor: Bron Taylor, Religion
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 words
Places and Spaces
- Instructor: John Maze, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
Politics and Identity in Art
- Instructor: Meghan Beitiks, Art & Art History
- Format: Some Sections Hybrid, Some 100% Synchronous Online
- Gen Ed: Humanities
Politics of Race at UF
- Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
- Format: 100% Online
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
Sounding the Alarm: Music and Social Engagement with the Environment
- Instructor: Sarah Politz, Music
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities
The Anatomy of a Story
- Instructor: Alison Reynolds, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
The Posthuman Condition
- Instructor: Anthony Manganaro, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
War Games, United States & South Africa
- Instructor: Elizabeth Ross, Art and Art History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
Why Sports Matter
- Instructor: Drew Brown, African American Studies
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
Writing Life: Art, Drama, Film, Literature, Poetry, and You
- Instructor: Carolyn Kelley, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 words
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