COSC MSc Thesis Template
Author
COSC, Brock University
Last Updated
6 months ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Computer Science MSc Thesis Template - 2024 review
%Thesis Tempate for Computer Science theses, Brock University
\documentclass[12pt,oneside,openany]{book}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb}
\usepackage{verbatim, appendix}
\usepackage{ulem}
%feel free to add here
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{enumitem}
%including online sources (links - DOI and white papers) - Do not cite wikipedia!
\usepackage{url}
%Algorithms package
%http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/163768/write-pseudo-code-in-latex
\usepackage{amsmath}
%%LANDSCAPE http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&p=59291
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% For linking TOC items and references %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks,
citecolor=black,
filecolor=black,
linkcolor=black,
urlcolor=black
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% For fancier tables %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% \usepackage{tabularx}
% \usepackage{booktabs} % To thicken table lines
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% For subfigure environments %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% \usepackage{subfigure}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% For algorithms %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% \usepackage{algorithm}
% \usepackage{algorithmc}
\usepackage[linesnumbered,ruled,vlined]{algorithm2e}
\makeatletter
\def\BState{\State\hskip-\ALG@thistlm}
\makeatother
\usepackage[top=1.0in, bottom=1.0in, left=1.5in, right=1.0in]{geometry} %set page margins
\onehalfspacing
\begin{document}
\normalem
%these are added at the end
%libary Release Form
%Examining Committee Sig pages
%Title Page
%\input{quotepage} % Optional quote page. It goes BEFORE the title page.
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\input{title}
%these are not to be numbered
\frontmatter
\pagestyle{empty}
%comment out what you don't need
%\include{dedication} % Dedication (optional)
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\include{abstract}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\include{ack}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\tableofcontents
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\listoftables
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\listoffigures
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\listofalgorithms
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Algorithms}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\include{abbreviations}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Abbreviations}
~
\mainmatter
\pagestyle{headings}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
%%%%%%%%%%% MAIN CONTENT - Modify and include chapters here %%%%%%%%%%%%
\include{introduction}
\include{system}
\include{conclusion}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%this is the area for the .bib file
\cleardoublepage
\clearpage
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{thesis}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography}
%this adds the Bibliography to the Table of Contents *Note it might
% be off my one page...this has to be edited manually in the file
% printing by going into the toc file and changing the numbers.
% This might be done some other way but I don't know the process...feel
% free to edit if you find a fix*
\cleardoublepage
\clearpage
\appendix %this is the appendix
\addappheadtotoc %add the appendix to the table of contents
\input{appendA}
\end{document}