{"id":24,"date":"2021-08-17T18:09:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T18:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2023-04-26T18:20:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T18:20:51","slug":"about-eecs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about-eecs\/","title":{"rendered":"About EECS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/people\/\" style=\"background-color:#993366\">People<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/clubs\/\" style=\"background-color:#993366\">Clubs and Initiatives<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/about\/careers\" style=\"background-color:#993366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Careers<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/contact-us\/\" style=\"background-color:#993366\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/events\/\" style=\"background-color:#993366\">Events<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-text-with-video-modal-block\">\n    <div class=\"row text-with-video-row \">\n        <div class=\"column-small-12 column-medium-6 column-large-5 text-with-video-content-wrapper\">\n                            <h2 class=\"h1\">Electrical Engineering &amp; Computer Science<\/h2>\n            \n                            <p>The Department of Electrical Engineering &amp; Computer Science at the Lassonde School of Engineering has a rich history at York University, having had sustained growth over the past 30 years, evolving from a small teaching department in the early 1980s to become one of the most popular departments at the School today.<\/p>\n<p>The department offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate programs in Computer Science, Computer Security, Digital Media, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering and Computer Engineering. 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