Summer 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: Sections meet in the classroom four days per week for a total of four periods (75 minutes per period)
    • Monday and Wednesday for lectures, delivered by the head instructor
    • Tuesday and Thursday for discussions led by a graduate teaching
    • The final contact hour is an asynchronous online discussion
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
IDS 2935: Conflict of Ideas
IDS 2935: Ecological Urbanism before Columbus
IDS 2935: Places and Spaces
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
IDS 2935: Speaking Truth to Power
  • Instructor: Angela Walther, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus:
IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror: Representations of War and Political Violence
IDS 2935: The Long Civil Rights Movement
IDS 2935: War Games, United States & South Africa
IDS 2935: Women Changing Society Through Music

Honors

IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror: Representations of War and Political Violence
IDS 2935: The Long Civil Rights Movement

UF Online

IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: 100% Online (Asynchronous)
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Syllabus: Schultz
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: Sections meet in the classroom four days per week for a total of four periods (75 minutes per period)
    • Monday and Wednesday for lectures, delivered by the head instructor
    • Tuesday and Thursday for discussions led by a graduate teaching
    • The final contact hour is an asynchronous online discussion
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
IDS 2935: Conflict of Ideas
IDS 2935: Places and Spaces
IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror: Representations of War and Political Violence
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life?
  • Format: 100% Online (Asynchronous)
  • Gen Ed: Humanities
  • Syllabus: Schultz
IDS 2935: Women Changing Society Through Music
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
IDS 2935: Speaking Truth to Power
  • Instructor: Angela Walther, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
  • Syllabus:
IDS 2935: Ecological Urbanism before Columbus
IDS 2935: War Games, United States & South Africa
IDS 2935: The Long Civil Rights Movement
IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror: Representations of War and Political Violence
IDS 2935: The Long Civil Rights Movement