At City College, the is jointly administered by the Departments of?Computer Scienceand?Electrical Engineering. ?The undergraduate program leads to a bachelor?s degree in engineering, and the graduate program to the degree of Master of Science.? The faculty of these departments have research programs in such areas as digital signal processing, computer architecture, computer communications, computer security, pattern recognition, image analysis, software engineering, verification and testing, and VLSI (very large-scale integrated circuits).? Advanced students are encouraged to participate in these research efforts.