Napier University re-organised their computing
subject area a few years ago. The elements of computing
from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
(EEE) and the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing
and Software Engineering (MMSE), merged with the Department
of Computing, to become the School of Computing. The strength
of this new School was that it taught the whole spectrum
of computing, from computer hardware at one end, to information
systems at the other end.
The CNDS started its life as CNDS in MMSE and as DCC
(Data Communications and Networks) in the EEE. When the
new School of Computing were merged the two modules were
merged and re-created as a Level 3 module. Initially the
new module was focused on coverage of Ethernet, ATM, the
OSI module, Electronic mail (SMTP) and TCP/IP [1999/2000
exam paper and 2000/2001
paper]. It was obvious from the feedback from
the survey [2000/2001
survey] that electronic mail was a bit too
detailed, so it was dropped and replace with .
