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

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
  • InstructorEric Kligerman, Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
  • Fomat: 100% Classroom
  • Gen Ed: Humanities, International
The Long Civil Rights Movement
  • InstructorLauren 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