This page is maintained by Michael Soltys, Chair of Computer Science at CSU Channel Islands, and director of the Computer Science masters program (http://www.msoltys.com). Thank you to @joelhelling for providing the original template and for the following contributors:

  • @jonasmh
  • @arewhyaeenn
  • @rihbyne

Introduction

This repository contains the files required for a proper LaTeX submission of an MSCS thesis CSU Channel Islands. Follow the instructions in:

eu-ms-thesis-submission-procedure.pdf

for the technicalities of a submission to EU. See the Computer Science Web site for general information about MSCS:

https://compsci.csuci.edu/degrees/mscs/index.htm

The files thesis-template.* contain the templates for writing the thesis in LaTeX in the required format (double spaced, proper margins, cover pages, etc.). Note that only the files thesis-template.tex and references.bib are modified by the writer; all the other files (e.g., thesis-template.aux) are generated by LaTeX, and are not to be modified by hand.

Required files for Thesis Submission to the Broome Library

  • Page 1: Cover Page
  • Page 2: Copyright Page
  • Page 3: Signature Page
  • Page 4: Distribution License Page
  • Page 5+: Thesis Pages

Using Thesis Template

  • Setup Name, Thesis title and Advisor in project-info.tex
  • Make sure to replace Names and Dates with real values
  • References should be put in references.bib file in bibtex format
  • Building is done with pdflatex and bibtex with the following commands
pdflatex <thesis>.tex && bibtex <thesis> && pdflatex <thesis>.tex && pdflatex <thesis>.tex

Example Thesis Defense Announcement

The file

defense-announcement.tex

contains example thesis defense announcements. If someone wants to compose a template LaTeX source, let's pull it into this repository for others to use.

Further resources

I am maintaining a page on doing graduate research, with helpful articles and a slides from a presentation given for MSCS students at the beginning of each academic year. Ask me for the password if you would like to have access to this page:

http://www.msoltys.com/?page_id=2810

Best of Luck!