Spring 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?
- 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
- Syllabus: Clark, Michel, Nichols
IDS 2935: #Sayhername
- Instructor: Hilary Coulson, Women's Studies
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: MWF 7
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: #Sayhername
IDS 2935: Acting for Change
- Instructor: Colleen Rua, Theatre and Dance
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: T 5-6, R 5
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: Acting for Change
IDS 2935: Art and the Global Citizen
IDS 2935: Artistic Revelation
IDS 2935: Black Women's Work in Film
- Instructor: Roxana Walker-Canton, Languages, Literatures and Culture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: T 4, R 4-5
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus: Black Women's Work in Film
IDS 2935: Body, Self, World
IDS 2935: Comida y Conflicto
IDS 2935: Compassion and Arts
IDS 2935: Conflict of Ideas
- Instructor: Rodrigo Borges, Philosophy
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 22277 (M W 6, F 4), 22279 (M W 6, F 5), 22281 (M W 6, F 7)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Conflict of Ideas
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
- Instructor: Rachel Carrico, Theater
- Format: 100% Online (some asynchronous and some synchronous instruction)
- Days and Periods: 25005 (W 8); 25014 (W 9)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: East Asian Martial Arts Classics
IDS 2935: Ecological Urbanism before Columbus
IDS 2935: Ethics & Public Sphere
IDS 2935: Gardens Between Nature and Culture
IDS 2935: Global Asia
- Instructor: Sandy Chang, History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 25026 (M W 5, F 4); 25062 (M W 5, F 5); 25063 (M W 5, F 6)
- Gen Ed: Humanites, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Global Asia
IDS 2935: Migration and Identity
- Instructor: Philip Janzen, History
- Format: 100% Online
- Days and Periods: 25080 (T 7-8, R 7); 25081 (T 7-8, R 8); 25082 T 7-8, R 9)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Migration and Identity
IDS 2935: Music and the Future
IDS 2935: Musical Elements of Emotion
IDS 2935: Politics and Identity in Art
- Instructor: Anthea Behm, Art & Art History
- Format: Hybrid
- Days and Periods: 24099 (M W 6, F 6); 25000 (M W 6, F 7); 25001 (M W 6, F 8)
- Gen Ed: Humanites, Diversity
- Syllabus: Politics and Identity in Art
IDS 2935: Post Holocaust American Jews
IDS 2935: Race, Empire & Leisure
- Instructor: Lillian Guerra, History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 19970 (M W 3, F 3); 19971 (M W 3, F 4); 19972 (M W 3, F 5)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Race, Empire & Leisure
IDS 2935: Self and Society in East Asia
IDS 2935: Selfhood in Asian Traditions
IDS 2935: Soccer Explains the World
IDS 2935: Social Impact Music Entrepreneurs
IDS 2935: The Future of the Dancing Body
IDS 2935: This Must Be the Place
- Instructor: Laura Dedenbach, Urban and Regional Planning
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 22312 (T R 6, F 4); 22314 (T R 6, F 6); 22319 (T R 6, F 8)
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: The Must Be the Place
IDS 2935: Water into Land, Land into Water
IDS 2935: What is a City?
- Instructor: Sarah Gamble, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: T 5-6, R 5
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: What is a City?
IDS 2935: Women and Religion in US Popular Literature
IDS 2935: Women Changing Society Through Music
MUS 1610: Music and Spirituality
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: 13390, 14525, 14542, 14546
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Clark, Nichols
IDS 2935: Blues Music and Culture
- Instructor: Timothy Fik, Geography
- Format: Hybrid
- Class Number: 19959
- Days and Periods: T 5-6, R 5
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Blues Music and Culture
IDS 2935: Indigenous Values
- Instructor: Kenneth Sassaman, Anthropology
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Number: 25007
- Days and Periods: MWF 4
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Indigenous Values
IDS 2935: Speaking Truth to Power
- Instructor: Angela Walther, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Number: 19963
- Days and Periods: T 4, R 4-5
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Speaking Truth to Power
IDS 2935: The Anim(E)ted World
- Instructor: Christopher Smith, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Number: 25008
- Days and Periods: MWF 7
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 Words
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: The Anim(E)ted World
IDS 2935: War Games, United States & South Africa
IDS 2935: Why Tell Stories?
- Instructor: Alison Reynolds, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Number: 19946
- Days and Periods: MWF 5
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Why Tell Stories?
UF Online
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: Schultz
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Ecological Urbanism before Columbus
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.
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: Clark, Michel, Nichols
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: 13390, 14525, 14542, 14546
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Clark, Nichols
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
- Format: Online Asynchronous
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: Schultz
IDS 2935: Artistic Revelation
IDS 2935: Musical Elements of Emotion
IDS 2935: Body, Self, World
IDS 2935: Compassion and Arts
IDS 2935: Politics and Identity in Art
- Instructor: Anthea Behm, Art & Art History
- Format: Hybrid
- Days and Periods: 24099 (M W 6, F 6); 25000 (M W 6, F 7); 25001 (M W 6, F 8)
- Gen Ed: Humanites, Diversity
- Syllabus: Politics and Identity in Art
IDS 2935: Global Asia
- Instructor: Sandy Chang, History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 25026 (M W 5, F 4); 25062 (M W 5, F 5); 25063 (M W 5, F 6)
- Gen Ed: Humanites, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Global Asia
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
- Instructor: Rachel Carrico, Theater
- Format: 100% Online (some asynchronous and some synchronous instruction)
- Days and Periods: 25005 (W 8); 25014 (W 9)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: Dance, Race, Gender
IDS 2935: This Must Be the Place
- Instructor: Laura Dedenbach, Urban and Regional Planning
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 22312 (T R 6, F 4); 22314 (T R 6, F 6); 22319 (T R 6, F 8)
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: The Must Be the Place
IDS 2935: Selfhood in Asian Traditions
IDS 2935: Self and Society in East Asia
IDS 2935: Blues Music and Culture
- Instructor: Timothy Fik, Geography
- Format: Hybrid
- Class Number: 19959
- Days and Periods: T 5-6, R 5
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Blues Music and Culture
IDS 2935: The Future of the Dancing Body
IDS 2935: Post Holocaust American Jews
IDS 2935: Women and Religion in US Popular Literature
IDS 2935: Race, Empire & Leisure
- Instructor: Lillian Guerra, History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 19970 (M W 3, F 3); 19971 (M W 3, F 4); 19972 (M W 3, F 5)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Race, Empire & Leisure
IDS 2935: Migration and Identity
- Instructor: Philip Janzen, History
- Format: 100% Online
- Days and Periods: 25080 (T 7-8, R 7); 25081 (T 7-8, R 8); 25082 T 7-8, R 9)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Migration and Identity
IDS 2935: Why Tell Stories?
- Instructor: Alison Reynolds, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Number: 19946
- Days and Periods: MWF 5
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Why Tell Stories?
IDS 2935: Acting for Change
- Instructor: Colleen Rua, Theatre and Dance
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: T 5-6, R 5
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: Acting for Change
IDS 2935: Women Changing Society Through Music
IDS 2935: Black Women's Work in Film
- Instructor: Roxana Walker-Canton, Languages, Literatures and Culture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: T 4, R 4-5
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
- Syllabus: Black Women's Work in Film
IDS 2935: #Sayhername
- Instructor: Hilary Coulson, Women's Studies
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: MWF 7
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: #Sayhername
IDS 2935: East Asian Martial Arts Classics
IDS 2935: Soccer Explains the World
IDS 2935: Music and the Future
IDS 2935: Ethics & Public Sphere
IDS 2935: Social Impact Music Entrepreneurs
IDS 2935: The Anim(E)ted World
- Instructor: Christopher Smith, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Number: 25008
- Days and Periods: MWF 7
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 Words
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: The Anim(E)ted World
IDS 2935: Art and the Global Citizen
IDS 2935: Speaking Truth to Power
- Instructor: Angela Walther, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Number: 19963
- Days and Periods: T 4, R 4-5
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Speaking Truth to Power
IDS 2935: What is a City?
- Instructor: Sarah Gamble, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: T 5-6, R 5
- Gen Ed: Humanities
- Syllabus: What is a City?
IDS 2935: Ecological Urbanism before Columbus
IDS 2935: Water into Land, Land into Water
IDS 2935: Gardens Between Nature and Culture
IDS 2935: Indigenous Values
- Instructor: Kenneth Sassaman, Anthropology
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Class Number: 25007
- Days and Periods: MWF 4
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
- Honors: Yes
- Syllabus: Indigenous Values
IDS 2935: Ecological Urbanism before Columbus
IDS 2935: Conflict of Ideas
- Instructor: Rodrigo Borges, Philosophy
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Days and Periods: 22277 (M W 6, F 4), 22279 (M W 6, F 5), 22281 (M W 6, F 7)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
- Syllabus: Conflict of Ideas
IDS 2935: Comida y Conflicto
IDS 2935: War Games, United States & South Africa
MUS 1610: Music and Spirituality
UF Quest
