LATEX FORMATS for UW THESIS WRITING

Many people write their thesis in LaTeX, a common typesetting package for math and physics. At UW there is no "standard" LaTeX template to use, but there should be. The requirements for margins, page numbering and general layout of your thesis document are strict. Here is a collection of LaTeX style and class files which might help you write your thesis and get all of the formatting just right.

While there is no standard format, you should not have to reinvent the wheel! Other students who have graduated before you have written their thesis in LaTeX and have permitted us to collect their style files and skeletons of their actual theses for you to look at. These formats will only work in LaTeX. If you have a style or template file for another word processing package, consider donating it to this archive!

Each directory has a README file which describes the files which are there and (very briefly) how it is structured. The formats may also require you to have other LaTeX components (for example epsf.sty, which allows you to put Encapsulated Postscript figures in your thesis). Those requirements are also listed in README. You should look at each directory and find the LaTeX styles that seem to suit you best. Then you can download the individual files to your personal computer or workstation and start writing!

Sample Theses:

• Paul Feng (Physics, 1996) (pfthesis)
• John Jacobsen (Physics, 1996) (jjthesis)
• Benjamin E.C. Koltenbah (Physics, 1996) (bkthesis)
• Steve Tufte (Astronomy, 1996) (stthesis)