Directory macros/latex/contrib/msu-thesis
MSU Thesis Class Version 4.3b 2024/07/08
Copyright 2011-2024 by Alan Munn <amunn@msu.edu>
This is a class file for producing dissertations and theses according to the Michigan State University Graduate School Guidelines for Electronic Submission of Master's Theses and Dissertations (January 2023).
The class is based on the memoir
document class, and therefore inherits all of the functionality of that class.
TeX distribution requirements
The msu-thesis
class requires an up-to-date TeX distribution, 2022 release or later.
Engine requirements
The msu-thesis
class works with all LaTeX engines (pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, LuaLaTeX).
Update on new formatting requirements (Fall 2022)
The msu-thesis
development team is displeased to announce a new and "improved" version of the class that conforms to the most recent (September 2022) MSU Thesis Formatting Guide. Among the notable new features are implementation of questionable formatting requirements that will make your thesis look more and more like it was produced using MSWord. Other important changes include a new title page with your name 2 inches lower than before, and a new copyright page with the copyright text left aligned and centred vertically, a tour de force of bad typography. Some minor positive changes include the removal of bibliography and appendix cover pages.
Documentation
Please read the documentation!
Installation:
The msu-thesis
class is part of both TeXLive and MikTeX, so you should either already have it or should be able to install it with your package manager if you have an up-to-date distribution.
If you wish to install it locally, follow the directions below:
Put msu-thesis.cls
into
<local texmf>/tex/latex/msu-thesis
Put msu-thesis.tex
, msu-thesis.pdf
and the samples
folder into
<local texmf>/doc/latex/msu-thesis
Alternatively, you can simply put a copy of msu-thesis.cls
in the same folder as your thesis source file.
The samples folder contains two thesis test-files and a template.
Overleaf users
If you are using Overleaf, you should upload a copy of msu-thesis.cls
to your project. It must have exactly this name to be found. Click on the Menu icon and make sure to choose the latest version of TeX Live for compilation.
Licence
This package may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or any later version. The latest version of this license is in http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
This package has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained".
The Current Maintainer of this package is Alan Munn.
This package consists of the following source file:
msu-thesis.cls
Documentation files:
msu-thesis.tex
msu-thesis.pdf
A template file:
MSU-thesis-template.tex
Two test files and a test bibliography:
MSU-thesis-testfile.tex
MSU-thesis-chapterbib-testfile.tex
MSU-thesis-testfile.bib
Problems
Use at your own risk! Report bugs/problems/questions to amunn@msu.edu or use the GitHub repository bug tracker.
Usage survey
If you are using the class, please take a moment to fill out my anonymous usage survey. Thanks! You should be signed into your MSU Google account to access the form, but the form itself is anonymous.
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (551.4k).
msu-thesis – Class for Michigan State University Master’s and PhD theses
This is a class file for producing dissertations and theses according to the Michigan State University Graduate School Guidelines for Electronic Submission of Master’s Theses and Dissertations. The class should meet all current requirements and is updated whenever the university guidelines change.
The class is based on the memoir document class, and inherits the functionality of that class.
Package | msu-thesis |
Home page | https://amunn.github.io/msu-thesis |
Bug tracker | https://github.com/amunn/msu-thesis/issues |
Repository | https://github.com/amunn/msu-thesis |
Version | 4.3b 2024-07-08 |
Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3 |
Copyright | 2009–2024 Alan Munn |
Maintainer | Alan Munn |
Contained in | TeX Live as msu-thesis MiKTeX as msu-thesis |
Topics | Document template Dissertation Class Std conform |