This is a LaTeX template for students writing a thesis at The University of Alabama, created by Paul Kilgo, downloaded from the author's Github page.
README.md contains some instructions about using the template.
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%% THESIS/DISSERTATION TEMPLATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
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%% This example is written by Paul Kilgo. It highlights all the (few) features
%% of uathesis.cls
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%% Use one of the following if writing a thesis/dissertation.
% \documentclass[thesis]{uathesis}
\documentclass[dissertation]{uathesis}
%% Basic packages you'll probably want to use.
\usepackage{graphicx} %% For using \includegraphics{}
\usepackage{cite} %% For sorting/collapsing citations.
\usepackage{color} %% For colors used in listings.
\usepackage{listings} %% Code listings (for engineers)
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
%% Includes
\input{inc/glossary.tex}
% TODO: If you have any special commands defined, include them here.
\usepackage[titletoc]{appendix}%
%% Required parameters (these default to undefined)
\author{Joe Somebody} %% Your name!
\adviser{The Boss} %% Your adviser/committee chair!
%% The people on your committee.
%% Use \and to break them up between lines.
\committee{
Andy Smith \and
Billy Smith \and
Carl Smith
}
%% Note the use of \and to create line breaks and the
%% inverted pyramid style requested by the graduate school.
%% You have to do this manually. Sorry.
\title{Title of the thesis: the top line should be the longest \and
the middle one is second longest \and
and the last is shortest}
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy} %% Change to suit your degree.
\department{Computer Science} %% Change to suit your department.
%% These are body text paragraphs to be placed in the front matter.
\abstract{
There is such a thing as \gls{tmi}. My brother once said that \gls{tmi}
is what drives the world, some times causing fits of \gls{lol}. If one
is to get in a especially deep fit of the \glspl{lol}, then one could
find oneself \gls{rotflol}.
By the way, \gls{alpha} and \gls{beta} are Greek letters.
}
\dedication{
Type or input{} your dedication here.
}
\acknowledgments{
Type or input{} your acknowledgments here.
}
%% Optional parameters. The default usage is shown.
\university{The University of Alabama}
\school{Graduate School}
\gradyear{\the\year}
\place{Tuscaloosa, Alabama}
\begin{document}
%% Makes the title, abstract, dedication, table of contents, etc.
%% Must be before \begin{body}
\makefrontmatter
%% BODY PORTION
%% The bulk of your thesis.
%% Begin your \chapter's here.
\begin{body}
%% Body chapters.
\chapter{INTRODUCTION}
Take a look at Figure \ref{fig:shapes}. It has some shapes. They're very
complex and interesting shapes. I could gaze at them for hours.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=5.0in]{fig/shapes.pdf}
\caption{Some shapes which I find very interesting. (has longer line than 1, so that we can try it in LoF.}
\label{fig:shapes}
\end{figure}
\chapter{LITERATURE REVIEW}
Type or input{} a chapter. \cite{rocket-themoon2167}
\chapter{APPROACH (BECAUSE A LONGER-THAN-1-LINE CHAPTER TITLE IS IMPORTANT)}
Take a look at Table \ref{tab:love-shapes}. It shows how much I love certain
shapes.
\begin{table}
\centering
\input{tab/love-shapes.tex}
\caption{Shapes and corresponding love in Love Standard Units (LSU).}
\label{tab:love-shapes}
\end{table}
\chapter{EXPERIMENT}
Type or input{} a chapter. \cite{rocket-themoon2167}
\chapter{DISCUSSION}
Type or input{} a chapter. \cite{rocket-themoon2167}
\chapter{CONCLUSION}
Type or input{} a chapter. \cite{rocket-themoon2167}
%% Currently adding the references to the table of contents is not automatic
%% So we are forced to do it manually.
%% TODO: This is not a fix. This line has to come after the \chapter command
%% in order for the correct page to be inferred for the table of contents.
\renewcommand{\bibsection}{\topskip=1in\chapter*{REFERENCES}\topskip=0in \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{REFERENCES}}
%% Generates the bibliography.
\bibliographystyle{uathesis-plain}
\bibliography{thesis-template}
\begin{appendices}
\addtocontents{toc}{\setlength{\cftchapnumwidth}{1em}}
\renewcommand{\appendixname}{APPENDIX}
\addtocontents{toc}{\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}}
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\renewcommand{\protect\cftchappresnum}{}}
\chapter{A BIG APPENDIX}
\end{appendices}
\end{body}
\end{document}