ADGEO Advances in Geosciences ADGEO Adv. Geosci. 1680-7359 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/adgeo-3-29-2005 A case study of curriculum development related to the space environment and emerging space weather markets Tulunay Y. 1 Tulunay E. 2 3 ODTU/METU Dept. Of Aerospace Eng., 06531 Ankara, Turkey TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, Information Technologies Research Institute, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey ODTÜ/METU Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng., 06531 Ankara, Turkey 16 06 2005 3 29 33 Copyright: © 2005 Y. Tulunay 2005 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ This article is available from https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/3/29/2005/adgeo-3-29-2005.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/3/29/2005/adgeo-3-29-2005.pdf

Space weather is a new subject which has not yet become widely understood or appreciated. The University offers the unique opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding about space weather that can then be applied as graduates enter the mainstream society. <P style="line-height: 20px;"> In this paper, an example of curriculum development at the Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, for formal education related to the space environment is presented in outline.