An easy, reasonably standardized, but flexible template for the Vanderbilt Ph.D. Thesis.
This template was based on the Cookiecutter Data Science Project
An example of the resulting PDF can be found in:
For the full documentation, see:
- Python 2.7 or 3.5
- Cookiecutter Python package >= 1.4.0: This can be installed with pip by or conda depending on how you manage your Python packages:
$ pip install cookiecutter
or
$ conda config --add channels conda-forge
$ conda install cookiecutter
cookiecutter https://github.com/VandyAstroML/Vanderbilt_Astro_PhD_Template
For an example on how to properly do this, see the following video. It serves as a demonstration on how cookiecutter
works.
The directory structure of your new project looks like this:
├── Bibliography <- Folder with the .bib bibiography used in the thesis.
│ └── bibliography.bib
│
├── Chapters <- Folder with the thesis' chapters, appendices, dedication section, and other sections.
│ ├── acknowledgments.tex
│ ├── appendix_A.tex
│ ├── chapter_1.tex
│ ├── chapter_2.tex
│ ├── chapter_3.tex
│ ├── chapter_4.tex
│ ├── dedication.tex
│ ├── future_work.tex
│ ├── introduction.tex
│ └── titlepage.tex
│
├── Extras <- Folder with documents like main `aliases`, `packages`, etc.
│ ├── commands.tex <- List of commands used throughout the thesis
│ ├── headings_settings.tex <- Settings used for the different sections, chapters, etc.
│ └── packages.tex <- List of packages to load for the thesis.
│
├── Figures <- Directory for project figures
│ ├── project_1 <- Each project has its own folder for figures
│ ├── project_2
│ └── project_3
│
├── Thesis
│ └── thesis.tex <- Main `Thesis` file. The main thesis goes here
│
├── Makefile <- Makefile with commands like `make main.tex` or `make clean`
├── requirements.txt <- File with a list of packages required for running this
└── README.md <- The top-level README for students
Contributions are welcomed! If you have any suggestions, feel free to submit a Pull Request.
pip install -r requirements.txt