Knowledge engineering and a proposed curriculum

The drastic developments in computer, information and communications technologies during the second half of the last century have resulted an explosion together with the name of `internet?. It soon became clear, however, that the key to all these efforts and activities is the `knowledge? itself. That is why `software engineering? first, and later `knowledge management? and `knowledge science? disciplines drew attention during the last two or three decades. It soon became, however, clear that the key term should be the ?knowledge engineering? to be able to build a bridge between various sciences and engineering disciplines such as computer science/engineering, software engineering, information science/engineering, knowledge science, knowledge management, business engineering, etc.In the study, after a brief introduction, the terms data, information and knowledge have been elaborated. Later, the terms science/engineering, business/management, knowledge management were studied, the content of ?knowledge engineering? (KEng) as a new and different than expert systems development or knowledge based systems is defined next.Some of the prominent university degree programs in the world relevant to the terms have been reviewed a synthesis, a new undergraduate program under the title of ?knowledge engineering? is proposed at the end of the study. The four year curriculum and its course outlines are presented in the thesis. It is obvious that this proposal will be realized depending on the conditions of the individual university who decides to adopt it and will be revised accordingly.