Fall 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.
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HOS 2333: Fighting Food Waste and Loss
- Instructor: Tie Liu, Horticultural Sciences
- Class Number: 26512
- Days and Periods: T Periods 6-7, R Period 6
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Be a Social Justice Activist
- Instructor: K.L. Broad, Women's Studies
- Class Number: 21140
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Biotech Medicine & Agriculture
- Instructor: Kevin Folta, Horticultural Sciences
- Class Number: 26549
- Days and Periods: Tuesday period 6, Thursday periods 6-7
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Bite Me? Insects as Disease Vectors
- Instructor: Tolulope Agunbiade, Entomology and Nematology
- Class Number: 21129
- Days and Periods: M Period 4, W Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Conserving Nature for Whom?
- Instructor: Mysha Clarke, Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
- Class Number: 26483
- Days and Periods: T Periods 5-6, R Period 5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Data is Everywhere: Understanding the World Through the Lens of Quantitative Data
- Instructor: Kristian Estevez, Economics
- Class Number: 26479
- Days and Periods: M Periods 5-6, W Period 5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Empathy & Instagram
- Instructor: Lisa Athearn, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
- Class Number: 21138
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Energy and Society
- Instructor: Selman Hershfield, Physics
- Class Number: 21135
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Physical Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Foundations of Sustainable Development
- Instructor: Maria Watson, Construction Management
- Class Number: 26481
- Days and Periods: T Periods 5-6, R Period 5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Global Patterns of STIs
- Instructor: Gabriela Hamerlinck, Geography
- Class Number: 21132
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Happiness- What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
- Instructor: Michael Weigold, Advertising
- Class Number: 23750
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Hazards and Humans
- Instructor: Anita Marshall, Geological Sciences
- Class Number: 21136, 26839, 26843
- Days and Periods: 21136- MW Period 7, F period 4; 26839- MW Period 7, F period 5; 26843-MW Period 7, F period 7
- Gen Ed: Physcial Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Health Mythbusters
- Instructor: Amber Emanuel, Health Education and Behavior
- Class Number: 21455
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Journalism, Justice and Civic Change
- Instructor: Janet Coats, Journalism
- Class Number: 26495
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Knowledge and the Universe
- Instructor: Paul Torrey, Astronomy
- Days and Periods: MWF Period 4
- Gen Ed: Physcial Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Linguistic Prejudice
- Instructor: Caroline Wiltshire, Linguistics
- Class Number: 23751, 26508, 26509
- Days and Periods: L-MW4, D- F4
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Making Babies
- Instructor: Adrienne Strong, Anthropology
- Class Number: 26498
- Days and Periods: T Period 7, R Periods 6-7
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Nature of Time
- Instructor: Zachary Slepian, Astronomy
- Class Number: 23805
- Days and Periods: T Period 3, R Periods 3-4
- Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Our Oceans: Human Impacts and Impacts on Humans
- Instructor: Melissa Meadows, Biology
- Class Number: 22516
- Days and Period MW Period 4, R Period 6
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Religion and Social Movements
- Instructor: Anna Peterson, Religion
- Class Number: 26484, 26485, 26486
- Days and Periods: 26484- MW Period 7, F Period 6; 26485- MW Period 7, F Period 7; 26486- MW Period 7, F Period 8
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Reproduction: A User's Manual
- Instructor: Justin Callaham, Animal Sciences
- Class Number: 21133
- Days and Periods: T Period 3, R Periods 3-4
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Statistics and the Physical World
- Instructor: Lawrence Winner, Statistics
- Class Number: 21137
- Days and Periods: T 4, R 4-5
- Gen Ed: Physical Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Future of Energy
- Instructor: Johanna Engstrom, Geography
- Class Number: 26471
- Days and Periods: T3, R3-4
- Gen Ed: Physcial Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Future of Tropical Rain Forests
- Instructor: Emilio Bruna, Wildlife Ecology
- Class Number: 21130
- Days and Periods: T Period 3, R Periods 3-4
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Wealth and Poverty in Today's World
- Instructor: Renata Serra, Center for African Studies
- Class Number: 23748
- Days and Periods: T Periods 7-8, R Period 7
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: What Do Bones Tell Us?
- Instructor: John Krigbaum, Anthropology
- Class Number: 21454, 23745, 23747, 26745
- Days and Periods: 21454- MW Period 2, F Period 4; 23745- MW Period 2, F Period 5; 23747- MW Period 2, F Period 6; 26745- MW Period 2, F Period 7
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: What if there was no Stigma in Mental Health?
- Instructor: Amber Moss, Human Development and Organizational Studies
- Class Number: 24826
- Days and Periods:T Periods 3-4, R Period 4
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Why Chemistry Matters
- Instructor: Gail Fanucci, Chemistry
- Class Number: 26475
- Days and Periods: MWF Period 4
- Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, Diversity
- Syllabus
Honors
IDS 2935: Living and Eating on Earth
- Instructor: James Estrada, Plant Science
- Class Number: 21131
- Days and Periods: MWF Period 4
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Rhetoric & Privacy in the Digital Age
- Instructor: Angela Bacsik, University Writing Program
- Class Number: 21139
- Days and Periods: T Periods 4, R Period 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
UF Online
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
- Instructor: Michael Weigold, Advertising
- Class Number: 26504
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Bite Me? Insects as Disease Vectors
- Instructor: Tolulope Agunbiade, Entomology and Nematology
- Class Number: 21129
- Days and Periods: M Period 4, W Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Future of Tropical Rain Forests
- Instructor: Emilio Bruna, Wildlife Ecology
- Class Number: 21130
- Days and Periods: T Period 3, R Periods 3-4
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Reproduction: A User's Manual
- Instructor: Justin Callaham, Animal Sciences
- Class Number: 21133
- Days and Periods: T Period 3, R Periods 3-4
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Living and Eating on Earth
- Instructor: James Estrada, Plant Science
- Class Number: 21131
- Days and Periods: MWF Period 4
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Biotech Medicine & Agriculture
- Instructor: Kevin Folta, Horticultural Sciences
- Class Number: 26549
- Days and Periods: Tuesday period 6, Thursday periods 6-7
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Global Patterns of STIs
- Instructor: Gabriela Hamerlinck, Geography
- Class Number: 21132
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: What Do Bones Tell Us?
- Instructor: John Krigbaum, Anthropology
- Class Number: 21454, 23745, 23747, 26745
- Days and Periods: 21454- MW Period 2, F Period 4; 23745- MW Period 2, F Period 5; 23747- MW Period 2, F Period 6; 26745- MW Period 2, F Period 7
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
- Syllabus
HOS 2333: Fighting Food Waste and Loss
- Instructor: Tie Liu, Horticultural Sciences
- Class Number: 26512
- Days and Periods: T Periods 6-7, R Period 6
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Our Oceans: Human Impacts and Impacts on Humans
- Instructor: Melissa Meadows, Biology
- Class Number: 22516
- Days and Period MW Period 4, R Period 6
- Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Future of Energy
- Instructor: Johanna Engstrom, Geography
- Class Number: 26471
- Days and Periods: T3, R3-4
- Gen Ed: Physcial Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Why Chemistry Matters
- Instructor: Gail Fanucci, Chemistry
- Class Number: 26475
- Days and Periods: MWF Period 4
- Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, Diversity
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Energy and Society
- Instructor: Selman Hershfield, Physics
- Class Number: 21135
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Physical Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Hazards and Humans
- Instructor: Anita Marshall, Geological Sciences
- Class Number: 21136, 26839, 26843
- Days and Periods: 21136- MW Period 7, F period 4; 26839- MW Period 7, F period 5; 26843-MW Period 7, F period 7
- Gen Ed: Physcial Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Nature of Time
- Instructor: Zachary Slepian, Astronomy
- Class Number: 23805
- Days and Periods: T Period 3, R Periods 3-4
- Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Knowledge and the Universe
- Instructor: Paul Torrey, Astronomy
- Days and Periods: MWF Period 4
- Gen Ed: Physcial Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Statistics and the Physical World
- Instructor: Lawrence Winner, Statistics
- Class Number: 21137
- Days and Periods: T 4, R 4-5
- Gen Ed: Physical Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Empathy & Instagram
- Instructor: Lisa Athearn, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
- Class Number: 21138
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Rhetoric & Privacy in the Digital Age
- Instructor: Angela Bacsik, University Writing Program
- Class Number: 21139
- Days and Periods: T Periods 4, R Period 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Be a Social Justice Activist
- Instructor: K.L. Broad, Women's Studies
- Class Number: 21140
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Conserving Nature for Whom?
- Instructor: Mysha Clarke, Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
- Class Number: 26483
- Days and Periods: T Periods 5-6, R Period 5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Health Mythbusters
- Instructor: Amber Emanuel, Health Education and Behavior
- Class Number: 21455
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Data is Everywhere: Understanding the World Through the Lens of Quantitative Data
- Instructor: Kristian Estevez, Economics
- Class Number: 26479
- Days and Periods: M Periods 5-6, W Period 5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Journalism, Justice and Civic Change
- Instructor: Janet Coats, Journalism
- Class Number: 26495
- Days and Periods: T Period 4, R Periods 4-5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: What if there was no Stigma in Mental Health?
- Instructor: Amber Moss, Human Development and Organizational Studies
- Class Number: 24826
- Days and Periods:T Periods 3-4, R Period 4
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Religion and Social Movements
- Instructor: Anna Peterson, Religion
- Class Number: 26484, 26485, 26486
- Days and Periods: 26484- MW Period 7, F Period 6; 26485- MW Period 7, F Period 7; 26486- MW Period 7, F Period 8
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Wealth and Poverty in Today's World
- Instructor: Renata Serra, Center for African Studies
- Class Number: 23748
- Days and Periods: T Periods 7-8, R Period 7
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Making Babies
- Instructor: Adrienne Strong, Anthropology
- Class Number: 26498
- Days and Periods: T Period 7, R Periods 6-7
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Happiness- What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
- Instructor: Michael Weigold, Advertising
- Class Number: 23750
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
- Instructor: Michael Weigold, Advertising
- Class Number: 26504
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Linguistic Prejudice
- Instructor: Caroline Wiltshire, Linguistics
- Class Number: 23751, 26508, 26509
- Days and Periods: L-MW4, D- F4
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
- Syllabus
IDS 2935: Foundations of Sustainable Development
- Instructor: Maria Watson, Construction Management
- Class Number: 26481
- Days and Periods: T Periods 5-6, R Period 5
- Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus
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