Summer B 2020 Quest 1 Courses 

About Quest 1

The UF Quest program 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?

Quest 1 courses fulfill the UF Quest 1 requirement and 3 credits of the General Education requirement in the Humanities. Some may also fulfill either the Diversity (D) or the International (N) requirement and/or count toward the Writing requirement (see below). 

New Students

New Summer B admits are designated either the Summer B or Spring 2021 semester to complete the UF Quest 1 requirement. Most new students* will receive an email with a link to a survey that they will need to complete in order to find out which is their designated semester to take a Quest 1 course and how they can chose their Quest 1 course (see the New Student FAQ Page).

You can learn more about the Summer B options by consulting the course descriptions provided below. Every effort will be made to assign students a course based on their preferences.  If Summer B is your designated semester to complete the requirement, you may need to wait until Spring 2021 to take a Quest 1 course if you are unable to be matched to a Summer B course. 

*If you are a PaCE student, an Honors student, or a student athlete, you will not receive a survey, Instead, you will learn about your options during Preview (see the New Student FAQ page).

IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?

For Summer B 2020, students can choose from five different versions of IDS 1161: What the Good Life? to fulfill the UF Quest 1 requirement. Sections will be taught online in two different formats: synchronous or asynchronous.

Summer B 2020 Faculty

Each instructor brings his/her own unique approach to the course and has designed a Special Topic for their students to explore in the fifth week of the course. To help students decide which class they would like to take, the faculty have provided brief descriptions of their individual courses.

Monika Ardelt, Professor of Sociology
Archie G. "Chip" Birkner IV, Assistant Professor of Music and Assistant Director of Bands
Ryan Duffy, Professor of Psychology
Eric Kligerman, Associate Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
John M. ("Jay") Watkins, Jr., Associate Professor of Music and Associate Director of Bands