UF Quest

Summer 2025 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/or 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 before taking a UF Quest 2 course. Some UF Quest 2 courses may also fulfill either 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.

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

COM 2380: Collaboration with AI for Better Communication (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Won-Ki Moon, Advertising
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: How can experts/scientists apply AI-powered services and programs in communicating (social) scientific problems for the public?
HOS 2333: Fighting Food Waste and Loss (Summer A)
  • Instructor: Tie Liu, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question:
    • What are the connections between food waste and climate change, and how can addressing food waste contribute to broader sustainability efforts?
    • How can we improve the measurement and tracking of food waste and loss at every stage of the supply chain to better understand the scale of the problem and identify areas for improvement?
    • How can we improve public awareness and education about food waste, its environmental impact, and strategies for reducing it?
    • How can emerging technologies, such as data analytics and artificial intelligence, be harnessed to predict and prevent food waste and loss?
IDS 2935: Authentic Leadership: How to Lead without Selling your Soul (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Anita Anantharam, Religion
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous 
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Questions: Is it possible to lead without compromising your values? Is an authentic leadership style which emphasizes cardinal virtues (prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude, etc.) profitable for business or is it better suited for social justice movements and non-profit contexts? How can we discern which leadership style has worked best for what contexts – and why is authentic leadership important now? 
IDS 2935: Information Literacy in Medicine and Agriculture (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Kevin Folta, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format:  100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: New technologies in food and medicine are amazing; why do people oppose them, what information is real and what isn't? 
IDS 2935: Plants for Human Medicine (Summer A)
  • Instructor: Satya Nadakuduti, Environmental Horticulture
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Questions: Can we explore plants for human medicine to address current societal health problems?
IDS 2935: Privacy in the Digital Age (Summer B)
  • Instructor:  Angela Bacsik, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: Whose interests are served by privacy protection and whose interests are served by surveillance? How does ubiquitous data collection and use create challenges for individuals and for social structures? What kinds of limitations might be needed and why?
IDS 2935: Siri is My Superpower: Communicating with Artificial Intelligence (Summer A )
  • Instructor: Michael Harmon, Dial Center
  • Format: 100% Online
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: How do we with communicate with AI, as explored through the ideas of who is a communicator, who is a mediator, and what is intelligence?
IDS 2935: Sports as Social Science (Summer A)
  • Instructor: Drew Brown, African-American Studies
  • Format: 100% Online
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: What can we learn from sports?
IDS 2935: Why Chemistry Matters (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Gail Fanucci, Chemistry
  • Format:  100% Classroom 
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: How can novel approaches/innovations in chemistry help alleviate or answer current and arising challenges in our world today, such as our food supply and pollution, novel medicines to combat resistance and addiction, and our water supply and the built environment?”, and “How has chemical innovation been motivated by and impacted diverse groups of people?”
JOU 2380: Future Food (Summer A & Summer B)
  • Instructor: Kelsi & Keri Matwick, Journalism
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: What do we eat, and how can we eat for a more sustainable future?
REL 2158: Religion and Social Movements (Summer A)
  • Instructor:  Anna Peterson, Religion
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: How does religion influence movements for social change?

Honors

IDS 2935: Information Literacy in Medicine and Agriculture (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Kevin Folta, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format:  100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: New technologies in food and medicine are amazing; why do people oppose them, what information is real and what isn't? 

UF Online

JOU 2380: Future Food (Summer A & Summer B)
  • Instructor: Kelsi & Keri Matwick, Journalism
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous 
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: What do we eat, and how can we eat for a more sustainable future?
IDS 2935: Plants for Human Medicine (Summer A)
  • Instructor: Satya Nadakuduti, Environmental Horticulture
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Questions: Can we explore plants for human medicine to address current societal health problems?
JOU 2380: Future Food (Summer A & Summer B)
  • Instructor: Kelsi & Keri Matwick, Journalism
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous 
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: What do we eat, and how can we eat for a more sustainable future?
JOU 2380: Future Food (Summer A & Summer B)
  • Instructor: Kelsi & Keri Matwick, Journalism
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: What do we eat, and how can we eat for a more sustainable future?
REL 2158: Religion and Social Movements (Summer A)
  • Instructor:  Anna Peterson, Religion
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: How does religion influence movements for social change?
IDS 2935: Why Chemistry Matters (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Gail Fanucci, Chemistry
  • Format:  100% Classroom 
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: How can novel approaches/innovations in chemistry help alleviate or answer current and arising challenges in our world today, such as our food supply and pollution, novel medicines to combat resistance and addiction, and our water supply and the built environment?”, and “How has chemical innovation been motivated by and impacted diverse groups of people?”
IDS 2935: Information Literacy in Medicine and Agriculture (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Kevin Folta, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format:  100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: New technologies in food and medicine are amazing; why do people oppose them, what information is real and what isn't? 
IDS 2935: Siri is My Superpower: Communicating with Artificial Intelligence (Summer A )
  • Instructor: Michael Harmon, Dial Center
  • Format: 100% Online
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: How do we with communicate with AI, as explored through the ideas of who is a communicator, who is a mediator, and what is intelligence?
HOS 2333: Fighting Food Waste and Loss (Summer A)
  • Instructor: Tie Liu, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question:
    • What are the connections between food waste and climate change, and how can addressing food waste contribute to broader sustainability efforts?
    • How can we improve the measurement and tracking of food waste and loss at every stage of the supply chain to better understand the scale of the problem and identify areas for improvement?
    • How can we improve public awareness and education about food waste, its environmental impact, and strategies for reducing it?
    • How can emerging technologies, such as data analytics and artificial intelligence, be harnessed to predict and prevent food waste and loss?
IDS 2935: Authentic Leadership: How to Lead without Selling your Soul (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Anita Anantharam, Religion
  • Format: 100% Online, Asynchronous 
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Questions: Is it possible to lead without compromising your values? Is an authentic leadership style which emphasizes cardinal virtues (prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude, etc.) profitable for business or is it better suited for social justice movements and non-profit contexts? How can we discern which leadership style has worked best for what contexts – and why is authentic leadership important now? 
IDS 2935: Privacy in the Digital Age (Summer B)
  • Instructor:  Angela Bacsik, University Writing Program
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: Whose interests are served by privacy protection and whose interests are served by surveillance? How does ubiquitous data collection and use create challenges for individuals and for social structures? What kinds of limitations might be needed and why?
COM 2380: Collaboration with AI for Better Communication (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Won-Ki Moon, Advertising
  • Format: 100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: How can experts/scientists apply AI-powered services and programs in communicating (social) scientific problems for the public?
IDS 2935: Sports as Social Science (Summer A)
  • Instructor: Drew Brown, African-American Studies
  • Format: 100% Online
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: What can we learn from sports?
IDS 2935: Information Literacy in Medicine and Agriculture (Summer B)
  • Instructor: Kevin Folta, Horticultural Sciences
  • Format:  100% Classroom
  • Class Periods
  • The Pressing Question: New technologies in food and medicine are amazing; why do people oppose them, what information is real and what isn't? 

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