A LaTeX class to produce a University of Calgary (UCalgary) graduate thesis (uses memoir class)
MIT License
ucalgmthesis.cls
is a LaTeX class file that produces documents
according to the thesis guidelines of the University of Calgary
Faculty of Graduate
Studies. It
uses the memoir
class, which
provides very powerful and flexible mechanisms for book design and
layout. All memoir
commands for changing chapter and section
headings, page layout, fancy foot- and endnotes, typesetting poems,
etc., can be used. (Memoir is meant as a replacement for the standard
LaTeX classes, so all standard LaTeX commands such as \chapter
,
\section
, etc., still work.) Likewise, any of memoir
's class
options can be passed as options to ucalgmthesis
, in particular
12pt
to select 12 point type (11 point is the default).
The files in this directory are provided under the terms of the MIT
License. natbib-oup.bst
is provided under the terms of the LaTeX
Project Public License.
Consult the file sample-thesis.tex
for an example thesis setup
with parts \include
'd from separate files. Here's a minimal file:
\documentclass{ucalgmthesis}
\author{...}
\title{...}
\prog{...}
\degree{...}
\thesisyear{...}
\monthname{...}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\makethesistitle
\chapter{Abstract}
...
\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
...
\backmatter
....
\end{document}
The easiest way to get started is perhaps to rename
sample-thesis.tex
, change the metadata and layout options to your
liking, and put the content of your thesis into the files it includes
(frontmatter.tex
, chapter1.tex
, etc.)
ucalgmthesis
is part of TeXLive and MikTeX. If you have one of these
installed (or you are working on Overleaf), you do not need the class file
ucalgmthesis.cls
itself in your thesis directory. You can just copy
the TeX and Bib file from the source directory in your TeXLive tree,
from CTAN,
or from the GitHub
repository to get started.
The class provides a number of commands to facilitate the production of the thesis.
\makethesistitle
to produce the title page
\degree
, \prog
, \monthname
, \thesisyear
are used to provide
the names of the degree and graduate program, and the month and year
of the thesis. (These are compatible with the legacy ucalgthes1
class.)
\dedication
produces a dedication centered on its own page
\fullpagethesis
sets up the type block to have 1" margins on all
sides. \manuscriptthesis
sets up the typeblock to have a line
length of about 72 characters and 25 lines per page. The package
options fullpage
and manuscript
use these at the appropriate
time, but you can use them after you set up your own fonts in the
preamble.
Otherwise, all the class does is change memoir
's defaults to comply
with FGS thesis guidelines. Specifically:
The class takes a number of options:
singlespaced
, onehalfspaced
, doublespaced
sets up the line
spacing (onehalfspaced
is the default).
palatino
, times
, garamond
, utopia
, libertine
offer some
nice alternative typefaces (i.e., fonts) to the default Computer
Modern. Note that garamond
uses the
garamondx
package, which is not included in the TeXLive distibution (and is
not available on Overleaf).
headers
produces running heads. Per the guidelines, the running
heads must not be the thesis title or author's name, and must be
separated from the main text by a line. The class uses the chapter
number and title and places it flush right in the header.
fullpage
calls \fullpagethesis
, so produces a thesis with 1"
margins all around. This produces very long lines and is not
recommended for review or submission, but if you have to pay by the
page for printing you may want to use it.
manuscript
sets the type size to 12 points, double spaces the
text, and calls \manuscriptthesis
to set the textblock to be about
72 characters wide and 25 lines high. That makes a page longer than
a standard manuscript page (60 characters by 25 lines, or about 250
words), but produces reasonably readable lines and plenty of space
between lines and in the margins for remarks, corrections, and
annotations. Recommended for the version you submit for
examination. You might remove the option for the final version
submitted to the Vault.
A sample thesis file is also provided. The various parts of the thesis are included from subsidiary files to enable generating PDFs of the title page and individual chapters separately.
ucalgthes1
If you are already using the ucalgthes1
class, you don't have to do
much to switch to ucalgmthesis
:
Change ucalgthes1
to ucalgmthesis
in the \documentclass
command.
The thesis template provided with ucalgthes1
then uses the
geometry
package to set the margins to 1" on all sides. This
produces atrocious results and you should remove that line. If you
really want the same narrow margins, use the fullpage
class
option, i.e.,
\documentclass[12pt,doublespaced,fullpage]{ucalgmthesis}
. A
better option for reading and reviewing the thesis is the
manuscript
class option (see above).
The template also loads the mathptmx
package to set the typeface
to Times New Roman. Times is a good typeface for newspapers, but not
for dissertations or books. Pick a different one! But if you do want
Times, use the times
class option instead and delete this
line. (The class option loads the newer
newtx
packages.)
Delete all the lines from the template that say \pagenumbering
,
\newpage
, \clearpage
, \phantomsection
, \setcounter
,
\begin{singlespace}
, \end{singlespace}
.
Abstract and Acknowledgments just start with \chapter{Abstract}
and \chapter{Acknowledgments}
.
Insert \frontmatter
at the very beginning, \mainmatter
before
your first real chapter, and \endmatter
after the last real
chapter and before the bibliography, etc.
Note that the ucalgmthesis
class sets much wider margins even with
the manuscript
option than the ucalgthes1
template. Lines are
shorter than the excessively long lines resulting from just setting
left and right margins to 1 inch. This will change the number of pages
in the PDF and may result in some displayed formulas and tables not
fitting into the type block anymore. So be sure to check the result
for such problems.
The font options may interact badly with other packages you load. Try compiling without the font option to see if that's the problem.
The font options all load the newtxmath
or newpxmath
packages.
These have to be loaded after amsthm
, so the class loads amsthm
before it sets up these fonts. If you don't want that, leave out the
font option, load the font in your main document preamble, then call
\manuscriptthesis
or \fullpagethesis
to set the right page
dimensions based on the new font.
garamond
uses the garamondx
package. This package has a
restrictive license and is thus not included in the TeXLive
distribution. Use the
getnonfreefonts
installer to download it.
The guidelines require that the official filed thesis is laid out
for one-sided printing (equal left and right margins). You may want
to print the thesis two-sided, however, e.g., to give a nice bound
copy to your supervisor or your mom. You can produce a version for
two-sided printing using the twoside
class option of memoir
. The
page layout will be altered to have spine and edge margins in the
golden ratio, and alternating on rectos and versos. This will
produce a nicer-looking page spread. However, both
\makethesistitle
and \mainmatter
clear to a recto (odd) page
even with the openany
option, and so twoside
will produce
additional blank pages in the front matter. The main text, however,
should have the same pagination as the "official" one-sided version,
as the size of the typeblock is the same.