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UMB-Thesis-Template

A Latex template for the UMB Thesis. This can be used for both, Masters and Ph.D.

Although it is not required to use this template: Included in this project are the .project and .texlipse files for TeXlipse using Eclipse which are explained here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQ2U2kG4Wg

Start by editing the sample latex document umb-thesis.tex

You can compile on the command line using pdflatex umb-thesis.tex to generate a new umb-thesis.pdf file. If you are using TeXlipse when you save a new pdf file will be generated automatically.


This template is made possible by:

Henry Z. Lo - UMass Boston

Joseph Paul Cohen - UMass Boston

Swami Iyer - UMass Boston

Stephen Revilak - UMass Boston

Laurentiu Cristofor - UMass Boston

John Heidemann

Richard B. Wales

Eduardo Krell

Leslie Lamport

Documentation

Here is some basic documentation for the parameters to the template. You should start with the example tex file that uses the template.

User-visible options and commands special in this style:

Optional arguments to "\documentstyle" command:

MA, MS, PhD, EdD
    Type of degree being awarded.  Default is "PhD".  If "EdD"
    is specified, a "\nodepartment" command is assumed (but
    can be overridden with a "\department{...}" command).

single, double
    Line spacing.  Default is "double".
    NOTE:  Single spacing is NON-CONFORMING to the RFTADP.

twoside Two-sided printing (for a duplex printer). NOTE: two-sided printing is NON-CONFORMING to the RFTADP.

nohyphenatetitles, hyphenatetitles Don't hyphenate section (and subsection...) titles. Default is hyphenatetitles.

Commands (to specify preliminary page info):

\title{X}
    Set the document title to "X".  Must always be specified.

\author{X}
    Set the author to "X".  Must always be specified.

\authortitles{X}
    Set the author titles to "X".  Must always be specified.

\department{X}
    Set the department name (in the degree title) to "X".
    Must always be specified, unless a "\nodepartment" command
    is given, or unless the "EdD" argument is supplied in the
    "\documentstyle" command.

\thesis{X}
    Set the document type to "thesis", and the degree name to
    "X".  This command is normally not needed, since an "MA"
    or "MS" option to "\documentstyle" will do the same thing
    in all standard situations.

\dissertation{X}
    Set the document type to "dissertation", and the degree
    name to "X".  This command is normally not needed, since
    a "PhD" or "EdD" option to "\documentstyle" will do the
    same thing in all standard situations.

\nodepartment
    Omit the department name from the degree title.  This
    command should be used only in situations where the
    department name is officially unnecessary (such as when an
    "EdD" or customized degree title is specified).

\degreemonth{X}
    Set the month in which the degree will be awarded to "X".
    Default is the current month.

\degreeyear{X}
    Set the year in which the degree will be awarded to "X".
    Default is the current year.

\copyrightyear{X}
    Set the year which appears in the copyright notice to "X".
    Default is the degree year (see above).  If the copyright
    and degree years are different, both will be included in
    the copyright notice (with the copyright year first).

\nocopyright
    Don't include a copyright notice at all.  A completely
    blank "copyright" page will be produced instead.

\titlesize{X}
    Print the document title (on the "title" and "abstract"
    pages) in "X" size type.  Default is "Large" (17-point).
    Although any LaTeX type size name will be accepted, the
    only non-default value likely to give satisfactory results
    is "LARGE" (20-point).

\chair{X, Y}
    The committee chair's name is "X", academic title is "Y".
    There may be up to three chairs (co-chairs); co-chairs
    are printed in the given order on the "signature" page
    (before the other members specified in "\member" commands;
    see below).

\member{X, Y}
    The name of one committee member (other than the chair or
    a co-chair) is "X", and academic title is "Y". There may 
    be up to six of these; they are printed in order on the
    "signature" page, after the chair(s).

\director{X}
    The name of the Program Director. This is printed in the
    right side of the page, after the chair and members of the
    committee.

\deptchair{X}
    The name of the Department Chair. This is printed in the
    right side of the page, after the chair, members of the
    committee, and Program Director

\dedication{X}
    The text "X" is used as the dedication (in a "center"
    environment).  Default is not to have a dedication.

\acknowledgments{X}
    The text "X" is used for the "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS" page.
    Default is not to have an "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS" page.

\vitaitem{X}{Y}
    An entry is added to the "VITA" page, with year "X" and
    text "Y".

\publication{X}
    A "publication" entry is added to the "VITA" page, with
    text "X".

\presentation{X}
    A "presentation" entry is added to the "VITA" page, with
    text "X".

\abstract{X}
    The text "X" is used as the abstract.

\makeintropages
    Generate the introductory pages in the proper sequence.

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umb-thesis-template's Issues

LOF, LOT headers missing for multi-page lists

Apparently the UMBoston style guidelines for dissertations are such that "Figure Page" must appear at the top of every page that continues the list of figures, and "Table Page" , similarly, for pages that continue the list of tables.
Any help on revising the template to reflect these requirements?

Reference page number in Table of Contents ??

Even though the test pdf file generated from template provides a number for the reference page in the table of contents, when I use the template with my content files the page number never appears, just ??.
I have tried updating my Latex and Bibtex versions in case this was the problem, ('m now on LaTex 2.9) but it didn't help.

Modification of Intros

Thank you so much for making this template, it is very helpful!
I am preparing my dissertations using this template and needs to modify the Intros a bit. Could you please tell me which file I should modify?

  1. My program is "business administration" but department is "management and information system". However, this template only allow me to specify a Department. Is there way to specify them differently?
  2. In the signature page, there is a space between the signers' names on the right and their signature lines. How can I close it?
  3. For the list of tables and figures. The whole captions are included. However, now they want us to use only the words up to the first period for the title in the Lists.
  4. Subheadings are shown as 1.1.,1.2 etc in text, however, they are not shown in Table of contents
  5. The Acknowledgements should appear before the Table of Contents.
    Thank you!

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