Thesis Class

The University of Colorado specifies just how Master's theses and Doctoral dissertations should be organized and formatted. The file "thesis.cls" (version 1.10, January 2003, still valid) contains the definitions needed to make the LaTeX2e class format your thesis to conform to these specifications.

Where to use it
The thesis class files are part of the LaTeX installation on the main ITS systems spot and rintintin. They are free to be downloaded for use on any other computer.

Limitations
The file "thesis.cls" does not support hyperlinks within an electronic document. Please note, the Graduate School doesn't allow external hyperlinking (i.e., to web pages). Only internal hyperlinking is allowed, so that a dissertation is self contained.

Various related files
The file thesis.cls defines the formatting for thesis class, but in turn requires a few other standard LaTeX files. Also, for some rough drafts you may want to use (to save paper) a modified class, file thesis2side.cls, for 2-sided single-spaced printing.

Sample of usage
A quick way to use thesis class is to imitate the usage/syntax shown in these sample files.

Documentation
For the full story of how to use thesis class, you should look through these details of usage.

More about LaTeX
For questions dealing with LaTeX usage in general, not specifically related to thesis class, see the main LaTeX site.