Computer Networks are the biggest Big New Thing for decades. They are now of central importance to all of Information Technology. With the current explosive growth of the Internet, they are rapidly becoming of crucial importance to all of modern society. It is absolutely certain that you will need to know about networks and network technology to survive in the IT workplace.
(in PostScript format) are available for your perusal. These will be useful for study, but be aware that this subject changes every year, so there will be differences in topics and emphasis in 1997.
Note: the 1996 information for this subject (then called Computing 205) is still available.