Fall 2023 UF 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 UF Quest 2 course 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). Students must first complete the UF Quest 1 requirement beofre taking a UF Quest 2 course. Some UF Quest 2 courses may also fulfill either the Diversity (D) or the International (N) requirement and/or count toward the Writing requirement. 

UF 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 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 UF Quest 1 and UF 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

HOS 2333: Fighting Food Waste and Loss
  • Instructor: Tie Liu, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Agritourism and Food Systems
  • InstructorMisti SharpFood & Resource Economics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Are We Alone? Searching for ET Life
  • Instructor: Naibi Marinas, Astronomy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Biological Factors Affecting Food Justice
  • Instructor: Kara Casy, Agronomy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, Diversity
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Bite Me? Insects as Disease Vectors
  • Instructor: Tolulope Agunbiade, Entomology and Nemotology
  • Format: Hybrid
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Can we design “better” humans?
  • Instructor: Brian Harfe, Biology
  • Format: 100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Communication and Civic Engagement
  • InstructorAmy Martinelli, Dial Center
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Communities and Climate Change
  • Instructor: Stephen Mulkey, Biology
  • Format:  100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Creating Enabling Technologies for Differently Abled People
  • InstructorNigel Newbutt, Teaching and Learning
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Culture & Health
  • Instructor: Ashlee Ossiboff, Health Education & Behavior
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Empathy & Instagram
  • Instructor: Michael Harmon, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Energy and Society
IDS 2935: Europe’s Food Environment
  • InstructorAgata Kowalewska, European Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Exercise as Medicine
  • Instructor: Anna Gardner, Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
  •  Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Exploring Our Genome
  • Instructor:  Angelica Ahrens and Jennifer Drew, Microbiology and Cell Science
  • Format:  100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Foundations, Principles, and Applications of Sustainable Development
  • Instructor: Maria Watson, Construction Management
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Global Patterns of STIs
IDS 2935: Going Viral
  • InstructorMarit Ostebo, Anthropology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Hazards and Humans
  • Instructor: Anita Marshall, Geological Sciences
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, International 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: How Do We End Poverty
  • Instructor: Xumin Zhang, Food & Resource Economics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Impact of Materials on Society
IDS 2935: Journalism, Justice and Civic Change
IDS 2935: Knowledge and the Universe
IDS 2935: Law, Privacy and Society
IDS 2935: Linguistic Prejudice
IDS 2935: Living and Eating on Earth
  • Instructor: James Estrada, Agronomy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Living with Rising Seas
IDS 2935: Making Sense: Understanding the World with Data and AI
IDS 2935: Microbes without Borders
  • Instructor: Monika Oli, Microbiology and Cell Science
  • Format: 100% Online Asyncronous 
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
IDS 2935: Our Oceans: Human Impacts and Impacts on Humans
IDS 2935: People & Big Data
  • Instructor: Sarah Bush, AG Education & Communication
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Personalized Nutrition
IDS 2935: Reproduction: A User's Manual
IDS 2935: Rhetoric & Privacy in the Digital Age
  • Instructor: Angela Bacsik, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Classroom 
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Robots: Threat or Opportunity?
  • Instructor: Nasim Binesh, Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Science
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Art and Science of Astrophotography
IDS 2935: The Economics of Eating
  • Instructor: Lijun Chen, Food & Resource Economics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Evolution of Eating
  • Instructor: Rosalie Koenig, Agronomy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Future of Energy
  • Instructor: Johanna Engstrom, Geography
  • Format:  100% Classroom  
  • Gen Ed: Physcial Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Future of Tropical Rain Forests
  • Instructor: Emilio Bruna, Wildlife Ecology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Universe and Humanity’s Place
IDS 2935: Valuing Circular Food Economies
  • Instructor: Jennifer Clark, Food & Resource Economics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Wealth and Poverty in Today's World
  • Instructor: Renata Serra, Center for African Studies
  • Format:  100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
IDS 2935: What if there was no Stigma in Mental Health?
  • InstructorAmber Moss, Human Development and Organizational Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Why Chemistry Matters
  • Instructor: Gail Fanucci, Chemistry
  • Format:  100% Classroom 
  • Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, Diversity 
  • Syllabus

Honors

IDS 2935: Biotech Medicine & Agriculture
  • Instructor: Kevin Folta, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format:  100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Data is Everywhere: Understanding the World Through the Lens of Quantitative Data
IDS 2935: Nature in a Hungry World
IDS 2935: Statistics and the Physical World

UF Online

IDS 2935: Bite Me? Insects as Disease Vectors
  • Instructor: Tolulope Agunbiade, Entomology and Nematology
  • Format:  100% Online with Required Weekly Meetings
  • Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Can we design “better” humans?
  • Instructor: Brian Harfe, Biology
  • Format: 100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Exploring Our Genome
  • InstructorJennifer Drew, Microbiology and Cell Science
  • Format:  100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Future Food
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
IDS 2935: Bite Me? Insects as Disease Vectors
  • Instructor: Tolulope Agunbiade, Entomology and Nemotology
  • Format: Hybrid
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Future of Tropical Rain Forests
  • Instructor: Emilio Bruna, Wildlife Ecology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Reproduction: A User's Manual
IDS 2935: Biological Factors Affecting Food Justice
  • Instructor: Kara Casy, Agronomy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, Diversity
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Personalized Nutrition
IDS 2935: Exploring Our Genome
  • Instructor:  Angelica Ahrens and Jennifer Drew, Microbiology and Cell Science
  • Format:  100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Living and Eating on Earth
  • Instructor: James Estrada, Agronomy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Biotech Medicine & Agriculture
  • Instructor: Kevin Folta, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format:  100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Global Patterns of STIs
IDS 2935: Can we design “better” humans?
  • Instructor: Brian Harfe, Biology
  • Format: 100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Evolution of Eating
  • Instructor: Rosalie Koenig, Agronomy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Nature in a Hungry World
IDS 2935: Our Oceans: Human Impacts and Impacts on Humans
IDS 2935: The Future of Energy
  • Instructor: Johanna Engstrom, Geography
  • Format:  100% Classroom  
  • Gen Ed: Physcial Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Why Chemistry Matters
  • Instructor: Gail Fanucci, Chemistry
  • Format:  100% Classroom 
  • Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, Diversity 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Art and Science of Astrophotography
IDS 2935: Energy and Society
IDS 2935: Impact of Materials on Society
IDS 2935: Are We Alone? Searching for ET Life
  • Instructor: Naibi Marinas, Astronomy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Living with Rising Seas
IDS 2935: Knowledge and the Universe
IDS 2935: Universe and Humanity’s Place
IDS 2935: Statistics and the Physical World
IDS 2935: Rhetoric & Privacy in the Digital Age
  • Instructor: Angela Bacsik, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Classroom 
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: People & Big Data
  • Instructor: Sarah Bush, AG Education & Communication
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Making Sense: Understanding the World with Data and AI
IDS 2935: Robots: Threat or Opportunity?
  • Instructor: Nasim Binesh, Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Science
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: The Economics of Eating
  • Instructor: Lijun Chen, Food & Resource Economics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Valuing Circular Food Economies
  • Instructor: Jennifer Clark, Food & Resource Economics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Data is Everywhere: Understanding the World Through the Lens of Quantitative Data
IDS 2935: Exercise as Medicine
  • Instructor: Anna Gardner, Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
  •  Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Empathy & Instagram
  • Instructor: Michael Harmon, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Europe’s Food Environment
  • InstructorAgata Kowalewska, European Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: What if there was no Stigma in Mental Health?
  • InstructorAmber Moss, Human Development and Organizational Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Communication and Civic Engagement
  • InstructorAmy Martinelli, Dial Center
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Creating Enabling Technologies for Differently Abled People
  • InstructorNigel Newbutt, Teaching and Learning
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Going Viral
  • InstructorMarit Ostebo, Anthropology
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Culture & Health
  • Instructor: Ashlee Ossiboff, Health Education & Behavior
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Law, Privacy and Society
IDS 2935: Wealth and Poverty in Today's World
  • Instructor: Renata Serra, Center for African Studies
  • Format:  100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Agritourism and Food Systems
  • InstructorMisti SharpFood & Resource Economics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Linguistic Prejudice
IDS 2935: Foundations, Principles, and Applications of Sustainable Development
  • Instructor: Maria Watson, Construction Management
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Journalism, Justice and Civic Change
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
IDS 2935: How Do We End Poverty
  • Instructor: Xumin Zhang, Food & Resource Economics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Social Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Bite Me? Insects as Disease Vectors
  • Instructor: Tolulope Agunbiade, Entomology and Nematology
  • Format:  100% Online with Required Weekly Meetings
  • Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Exploring Our Genome
  • InstructorJennifer Drew, Microbiology and Cell Science
  • Format:  100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Future Food
IDS 2935: Can we design “better” humans?
  • Instructor: Brian Harfe, Biology
  • Format: 100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: What Can Social Science Tell Us about Happiness and Living a Happier Life?
HOS 2333: Fighting Food Waste and Loss
  • Instructor: Tie Liu, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Hazards and Humans
  • Instructor: Anita Marshall, Geological Sciences
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  •  Gen Ed: Physical Sciences, International 
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Communities and Climate Change
  • Instructor: Stephen Mulkey, Biology
  • Format:  100% Online Asynchronous
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences
  • Syllabus
IDS 2935: Microbes without Borders
  • Instructor: Monika Oli, Microbiology and Cell Science
  • Format: 100% Online Asyncronous 
  •  Gen Ed: Biological Sciences, International