UF Quest

Summer 2025 UF 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

UF Quest 1 courses fulfill the UF Quest 1 requirement and/or 3 credits of the General Education requirement in the Humanities (see the UF Quest Requirement page for more information). Some UF Quest 1 courses may also fulfill either the International (N) requirement and/or count toward the Writing requirement. 

UF 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.

Campus
Honors
UF Online
Course Themes Culture Built Environment Literature Music Society Art Theater Dance
General Education Requirements Diversity International 2000 words 4000 words

Campus

ARC 1101: Places and Spaces
  • Instructor: John Maze, Architecture
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: What does it mean to dwell between the heavens and Earth?
IDS 2935: Finding Lost Stories
  • Instructor: Jennifer Coenen, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous 
  • The Essential Question: Why do stories from the past matter?
IDS 2935: For the Culture
  • Instructor: Drew Brown, AAS
  • Format: 100% Online
  • The Essential Question: What is Black Popular Culture and how has it changed the world?
IDS 2935: Human Shelter Development
  • Instructor:  Jason von Meding, Construction Management
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: Do all humans have the right to safe and healthy shelter?
IDS 2935: Migration and Identity
  • Instructor: Florin Curta, History
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Essential Question: Who are you? Where are you from? 
IDS 2935: Pirates and Power: A Global History
  • Instructor: Max Deardorff, History
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: Were pirates pariahs, or were they vigilantes seeking justice against tyrant monarchs, and what does this tell us about the motivations of people for engaging in piracy?
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
  • Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
  • Format: 100% Online Asynchronous
  • The Essential Question: How has UF addressed racial issues throughout its history? What actions need to be taken at UF to ensure that students receive equal educational opportunities and fair treatment regardless of their race?
IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror
  • Instructor: Eric Kligerman, LLC
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How is political violence represented, conceptualized and memorialized across shifting literary and visual texts? What ethical questions arise in our engagement with representations of traumatic limit events and the experience of horror these events entail?
IDS 2935: What is a City?
  • Instructor: David Rifkind, Architecture
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: What is the origin of cities, how they are designed and lived in today, and what is our vision for the future?
JPT 1311: The Anim(E)ted World
  • Instructor: Christopher Smith, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How can pop culture from a foreign culture inform our conversation on what makes a fair and just society and how we can manage conflict?
LIN 1140: Language and Emotion
  • Instructor: Eleonora Rossi, Linguistics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How do we express emotions through language? Starting from studying how we express emotions by means of our language(s), we will understand the processes that are the basis of communication and emotion, from neural processes to facial expressions, bodily expressions, and the human voice. 
PHI 1001: Conflict of Ideas
  • Instructor: Rodrigo Borges, Philosophy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How can we pursue our disagreements with each other in a. way that is both fair and productive?

Honors

IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror
  • Instructor: Eric Kligerman, LLC
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How is political violence represented, conceptualized and memorialized across shifting literary and visual texts? What ethical questions arise in our engagement with representations of traumatic limit events and the experience of horror these events entail?

UF Online

IDS 2935: Finding Lost Stories
  • Instructor: Jennifer Coenen, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous 
  • The Essential Question: Why do stories from the past matter?
IDS 2935: For the Culture
  • Instructor: Drew Brown, African American Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: What is Black Popular Culture and how has it changed the world?
IDS 2935: Politics and Race at UF
  • Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
  • Format: 100% Online Asynchronous
  • The Essential Question: How has UF addressed racial issues throughout its history?  What actions need to be taken at UF to ensure that students receive equal educational opportunities and fair treatment regardless of their race?
JPT 1311: The Anim(E)ted World
  • Instructor: Christopher Smith, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How can pop culture from a foreign culture inform our conversation on what makes a fair and just society and how we can manage conflict?
LIN 1140: Language and Emotion
  • Instructor: Eleonora Rossi, Linguistics
  • Format: 100% Online
  • The Essential Question: How do we express emotions through language? Starting from studying how we express emotions by means of our language(s) we will understand the processes that are the basis of communication and emotion, from neural processes to facial expressions, bodily expressions, and the human voice.
IDS 2935: Politics of Race at UF
  • Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
  • Format: 100% Online Asynchronous
  • The Essential Question: How has UF addressed racial issues throughout its history? What actions need to be taken at UF to ensure that students receive equal educational opportunities and fair treatment regardless of their race?
IDS 2935: Human Shelter Development
  • Instructor:  Jason von Meding, Construction Management
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: Do all humans have the right to safe and healthy shelter?
IDS 2935: Politics and Race at UF
  • Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
  • Format: 100% Online Asynchronous
  • The Essential Question: How has UF addressed racial issues throughout its history?  What actions need to be taken at UF to ensure that students receive equal educational opportunities and fair treatment regardless of their race?
IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror
  • Instructor: Eric Kligerman, LLC
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How is political violence represented, conceptualized and memorialized across shifting literary and visual texts? What ethical questions arise in our engagement with representations of traumatic limit events and the experience of horror these events entail?
IDS 2935: The Horror, The Horror
  • Instructor: Eric Kligerman, LLC
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How is political violence represented, conceptualized and memorialized across shifting literary and visual texts? What ethical questions arise in our engagement with representations of traumatic limit events and the experience of horror these events entail?
IDS 2935: For the Culture
  • Instructor: Drew Brown, AAS
  • Format: 100% Online
  • The Essential Question: What is Black Popular Culture and how has it changed the world?
IDS 2935: For the Culture
  • Instructor: Drew Brown, African American Studies
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: What is Black Popular Culture and how has it changed the world?
IDS 2935: What is a City?
  • Instructor: David Rifkind, Architecture
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: What is the origin of cities, how they are designed and lived in today, and what is our vision for the future?
IDS 2935: Migration and Identity
  • Instructor: Florin Curta, History
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Essential Question: Who are you? Where are you from? 
IDS 2935: Finding Lost Stories
  • Instructor: Jennifer Coenen, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous 
  • The Essential Question: Why do stories from the past matter?
IDS 2935: Finding Lost Stories
  • Instructor: Jennifer Coenen, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous 
  • The Essential Question: Why do stories from the past matter?
IDS 2935: Pirates and Power: A Global History
  • Instructor: Max Deardorff, History
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: Were pirates pariahs, or were they vigilantes seeking justice against tyrant monarchs, and what does this tell us about the motivations of people for engaging in piracy?
PHI 1001: Conflict of Ideas
  • Instructor: Rodrigo Borges, Philosophy
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How can we pursue our disagreements with each other in a. way that is both fair and productive?
LIN 1140: Language and Emotion
  • Instructor: Eleonora Rossi, Linguistics
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How do we express emotions through language? Starting from studying how we express emotions by means of our language(s), we will understand the processes that are the basis of communication and emotion, from neural processes to facial expressions, bodily expressions, and the human voice. 
LIN 1140: Language and Emotion
  • Instructor: Eleonora Rossi, Linguistics
  • Format: 100% Online
  • The Essential Question: How do we express emotions through language? Starting from studying how we express emotions by means of our language(s) we will understand the processes that are the basis of communication and emotion, from neural processes to facial expressions, bodily expressions, and the human voice.
JPT 1311: The Anim(E)ted World
  • Instructor: Christopher Smith, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How can pop culture from a foreign culture inform our conversation on what makes a fair and just society and how we can manage conflict?
JPT 1311: The Anim(E)ted World
  • Instructor: Christopher Smith, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: How can pop culture from a foreign culture inform our conversation on what makes a fair and just society and how we can manage conflict?
ARC 1101: Places and Spaces
  • Instructor: John Maze, Architecture
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • The Essential Question: What does it mean to dwell between the heavens and Earth?

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