You should be familar with the  graduate school page  
which contains all forms that you will require through final acceptance of the thesis or dissertation. The link

     PHDMS/
          | 
	  |
	  |-/ABSTRACT/
	  |          |
	  |          |-/TIT/
	  |          |-/TITP/
	  |          |-/ABS/
	  |
	  |
	  |-/DISSERTATION/
	                 |
	                 |--/TIT/
	                 |-/COPY/
	                 |-/COMM/
	                 |--/ACK/
	                 |-/CHAP1/
                         |       |-/FIGURES/
	                 |-/CHAP2/
                         |       |-/FIGURES/
      	                 |-/CHAP3/
                         |       |-/FIGURES/
	                 |-/CHAP4/
                         |       |-/FIGURES/
	                 |---/APP/
                         |       |-/FIGURES/
	                 |-/REF/
	                 |-/VITA/

 

I will quickly list the contents of each directory and subdirectory:

Directory	LaTex File	Description
ABSTRACT	dissertation.cls disslocal.tex abstract.tex tpage.tex DOIT	This will contain all the processing for the abstract cover page and thesis/dissertation abstract (300 word summary) dissertation.cls - most of the formatting description is in here DO NOT CHANGE (modification of report.cls by Dr. Joanne Redden, SLU PhD 2003) disslocal.tex - more thesis setup commands that do not belong in dissertation.cls abstract.tex - the main driver that produces the title page and abstract tpage.tex - driver that creates the single title page with the name of your advisor DOIT - a UNIX shell script that runs latex and creates the PostScript files: abstract.ps and tpage.ps
ABSTRACT/TIT	tit.tex	Cover page for the abstract - Identical to the cover page of the theiss/disseration except that the word Thesis or Dissertation is replaced by the word Abstract. The graduate school will require several copies of this and the abstract. You will ahve to change the degree name from Doctorate to Master of Science for and MS Degree
ABSTRACT/TITP	titp.tex	Same as the above but two extra lines identity the name fo your advisor. The graduate school needs one copy of this single page which will be used to create the official graduation ceremony program.
ABSTRACT/ABS	abs.tex	This is the location where you will store the abstract itself.
DISSERTATION	dissertation.cls disslocal.tex dissertation.tex DOIT	This directory contains all processing for the thesis/dissertation. The important files are dissertation.cls - most of the formatting description is in here DO NOT CHANGE (modification of report.cls by Dr. Joanne Redden, SLU PhD 2003) disslocal.tex - more thesis setup commands that do not belong in dissertation.cls dissertation.tex - the main driver that produces the title page and abstract DOIT - a UNIX shell script that runs latex and creates the PostScript file: dissertation.ps  - This is a very important script because is also separately manipulates the dissertation.toc, dissertation.lof and dissertation.lot files to ensure the correct graduate school formats for the Table of Contents, List of Figures and List of Tables. It is much easier to sue the script than to have to always re-edit by hand
DISSERTATION/TIT	tit.tex	Title page. Note for an MS Degree you will change the work Dissertation to Thesis, and change the Degree from Doctorate to Master of Science
DISSERTATION/COMM	comm.tex	Thesis/Dissertation Committee
DISSERTATION/ACK	ack.tex	Acknowledgements
DISSERTATION/CHAP1	chap1.tex	Chapter 1 of the thesis
DISSERATATION/CHAP1/FIGURES	*.eps	EPS figures included in Chapter 1 using the command \psfigure{file=CHAP1/FIGURES/myfirstfigure.eps, width=5.5in}{Figure text}{myfirstfigure.eps}
APP	app.tex	The appendix. There may be more than one appendix. The figures and tables in the Appendix will be numbered A.1, A.2, etc. Any subsections will be labeled A.1 A.2 etc
APP/FIGURES	*.eps	EPS figures included in Appendix  using the command \psfigure{file=APP/FIGURES/myappfigure.eps, width=5.5in}{Figure text}{myappfigure.eps}
REF	ref.tex	The reference list. We will use the LaTex {description} tag, so that you can make the format look like your approved journal format.
VITA	vita.tex	Your life history with feeling. Look at James Kohsmann's and Don Wagner's PhD Dissertations for hints of literary indulgence.

dissertation.tex

This important file requires a listing. the RED colors will indicate lines that you MAY change. If you do not require a section, the comment out the \include with a% (percentage sign) as %\include. In the example below the copyright is commented out:

%
% Preamble
% Style Section

\documentclass[oneside,letterpaper,12pt]{dissertation}
\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
\RequirePackage{epsfig}
\RequirePackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{amsmath,amscd,amssymb,}
\usepackage{longtable}

%%%%%
%       Change the font style
%%%%%
\usepackage{newcent}
%\usepackage{palatino}
%{usepackage{times}

\include{disslocal}
% Body of the Dissertation
% Comment out sections that you do not want
%

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\include{TIT/tit}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\pagestyle{plain}
\include{COPY/copy}
\include{COMM/comm}
\include{DED/ded}
\include{ACK/ack}
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{\begin{center}Table of Contents\end{center}}
\singlespacing
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\renewcommand{\listtablename}{\begin{center}List of Tables\end{center}}
\singlespacing
\listoftables
\newpage
\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{\begin{center}List of Figures\end{center}}
\singlespacing
\listoffigures
\newpage
\doublespacing
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\pagestyle{myheadings}\markright{}
\setcounter{page}{1}

\input{CHAP1/chap1}
\input{CHAP2/chap2}
\input{APP/app}
\input{REF/ref}
\input{VITA/vita}

\end{document}

Hints

Figure presentation is important. It is essential that lines drawn have sufficient width to be visible.

• If you use the CALPLOT package, create an Encaptulated PostScript figure as

plotnps -F7 -W10 -K -EPS  < plotfile > plotfile.eps

This will set the linewidth to 0.01 inches, or 0.01*72 Postscript units, force the use of Helvetica Bond font, and permit color (-K). For better black and white reproduction you can force gray-scale with a -G instead of the -K flag

• If you use another package to create the .eps files, use and editor to change the setlinewidth  The syntax will be something like N setlinewidth. Just make N slightly larger.  
  

Sample Output

I converted the PostScript output to pdf files:

• abstract.pdf or abstract.ps
• tpage.pdf or tpage.ps
• dissertation.pdf or dissertation.ps

Acknowledgments

Last Changed March 29, 2004