Summer 2022 Quest 1 Courses
About UF Quest
UF Quest promotes a high level of faculty engagement in undergraduate education, connects to and goes beyond your major, and gives you the opportunity to choose courses that are meaningful to you to complete the general education requirement.
The UF Quest 1 Requirement
Undergraduate students are required to take one UF Quest 1 course to satisfy three credits of the general education requirement in the Humanities. Some Quest 1 courses may also be used to fulfill three credits of the Diversity or International requirement and/or count toward the Writing requirement (see the UF Quest Requirement).
Choosing Your Quest 1 Course
- Step 1: New students (who have not already done so) need to answer a Short Questionnaire to learn whether they need to take the New Student Quest 1 Survey to choose a Quest 1 course.
- Step 2: Summer B admits should review the Summer Quest 1 course descriptions (see below).
- Step 3: Take the New Student Quest 1 Survey by May 4.
Summer Quest 1 Courses
Click on the links below to learn more about the individual courses. You can filter by theme/requirement or type in the search field to find a particular subject or topic.
Course Themes
Culture
Built Environment
Literature
Music
Society
Art
Theater
Dance
General Education Requirements
Diversity
International
2000 words
4000 words
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
Conflict of Ideas
- Instructor: Rodrigo Borges, Philosophy
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, 2000 Words
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Ecological Urbanism before Columbus
- Instructor: Timothy Murtha, Landscape Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International, 2000 Words
The Horror, The Horror: Representations of War and Political Violence
- Instructor: Eric Kligerman, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Fomat: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
The Long Civil Rights Movement
- Instructor: Lauren Pearlman, History
- Format: Hybrid (asynchronous online lectures AND required in-person section meetings on Tuesday and Thursday)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
Politics of Race at UF
- Instructor: Sharon Austin, Political Science
- Format: 100% Online (Asynchronous)
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 4000 Words
Places and Spaces
- Instructor: John Maze, Architecture
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
Speaking Truth to Power
- Instructor: Angela Walther, University Writing Program
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, Diversity, 2000 Words
War Games, United States & South Africa
- Instructor: Mark Hodge, Art and Art History
- Format: 100% Classroom
- Gen Ed: Humanities, International
Women Changing Society Through Music