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This is a LaTeX style file for typesetting a graduate thesis in compliance with the guidelines of the Graduate College of the University of Vermont. The package is free software, available under the terms of the Academic Free License version 2.0.
caveat emptor: You will still need to bring a copy of your thesis to the Graduate College for a format review, and they may require you to make small changes. Several people have taken a thesis using this style for review. Each time, different minor changes are requested by the reviewer. So, the process is not totally consistent, but this package should save you significant work. Send me any changes requested by the Graduate College and I will incorporate them into the style to save others the hassle.
I welcome comments, questions, and improvements on this package. If your thesis uses this style, I'd really appreciate a notice. ---David
Update: the Graduate Student Senate now offers a MS Word document template.
The package depends only on doublespace.sty and chicago.[sty|bst]. The first is standard among LaTeX distributions, the later is included above. References are supposed to be formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style, hence the chicago files.
The package should be straight forward to use, just look at the example to get a feel for it. Here is the skeleton of document using this style:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{thesis}
\title{A Concrete Work of Abstract Genius}
\author{David Van Horn}
\defensedate{April 7, 2005}
\thesis %% or \dissertation
\masterscience %% or \doctorphilosophy or \masterarts
\cs %% this is the only speciality defined.
\maygrad %% or \octgrad or \marchgrad
\advisor{Bunny Lebowski, Ph.D.}
\readerone{Walter Sobchak, Ph.D.}
\readertwo{Carl Hungus, Ph.D.} %% Optional if MS.
\chair{V.I. Lenin, Ph.D.}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\makeacceptance
\begin{abstract}
...
\end{abstract}
\begin{acknowledgements} %% Optional
...
\end{acknowledgements}
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables
\mainmatter
...
\bibliography{example}
\appendix
...
\end{document}
To compile, do the following:
latex example bibtex example latex example latex example dvips -o example.ps example