NWU thesis template
Author
anon
Last Updated
8 months ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
A thesis template for North-West University, South Africa. Can be used for both Masters and PhD level
\documentclass[a4paper,oneside,11pt]{book}
%Uncomment these three lines below for Helvetica font for the whole document.
%\usepackage{helvet}
%\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\renewcommand\familydefault{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{NWUStyle} %You need the NWUStyle.sty file to be able to use this command.
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\begin{document}
%Change the following variables please:
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%Provide the title of the dissertation or thesis
\Title{Title of Dissertation or Thesis}
%Provide all of your initials
\Initials{J. Q.}
%Provide your first name
\FirstName{John}
%Provide your surname
\Surname{Smith}
%Provide your student number
\StudentNumber{12345678}
%Provide ORCID
\ORCID{1234-5678-9012-WXYZ}
%Indicate if this is for a "Magister Scientiae" or "Doctor" degree
\MScorPhD{Magister Scientiae} %This can be either "Magister Scientiae" or "Doctor"
%Indicate your field of study
\Field{Mathematics} %Formal name of the research field, e.g., Mathematics, Chemistry, etc.
%Indicate when the graduation will take place
\GradDate{July, 2021}
%Provide the name of your main supervisor
\Supervisor{Prof. I. M. A. Person}
%Provide the name of your co-supervisor [OPTIONAL]
\CoSupervisor{Prof. A. Guy} %Leave blank if no co-supervisor, i.e., type "\CoSupervisor{}"
%Provide the name of your assistant supervisor [OPTIONAL]
\AssistantSupervisor{} %Leave blank if no assistant supervisor, i.e., type "\AssistantSupervisor{}"
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\MakeTitle %This command creates the Title page.
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%Type your acknowledgements:
\begin{Acknowledgements}{}
I would like to thank the everyone for helping me. You're all great!
\end{Acknowledgements}
%---------------------------------------------
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%Type your abstract:
\begin{Abstract}{}
This is the abstract. It is a summary of all the work.
%Provide all of your keywords here (separated by semi-colons. This will appear below the abstract.
\KeyWords{Keyword 1; Keyword 2; Keyword 3.}
\end{Abstract}
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\MakeTOCandLOFandLOT %This command creates the table of contents, list of figures and list of tables.
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%[OPTIONAL] Type your table of abbreviations. Delete this if you do not intend to use it.
\begin{TableOfAbbrev}
A table containing a list of abbreviations that will be used throughout text.
\begin{table}[!htpb!]%
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\textbf{SCUBA} & Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus\\
\textbf{RADAR} & Radio detection and ranging\\
\textbf{LASER} & Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{TableOfAbbrev}
%---------------------------------------------
%This command specifies the format of the type of headings of each page (can be "empty" or "headings")
\pagestyle{headings}
%These commands specify that the pages will be reset to 1 from this point and that it will be numbered using arabic numbers.
\setcounter{page}{1}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
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%BEGIN TYPING YOUR DOCUMENT - STARTING HERE.-------------------------------------
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%EACH CHAPTER IS TYPED IN A SEPARATE FILE. YOU CAN ADD EACH FILE INTO YOUR DOCUMENT USING THE \input COMMAND. MAKE SURE THE FILES ARE IN THE SAME FOLDER AS THIS MAIN FILE.
\input{ExampleChapter1} %Include the contents of the file "ExampleChapter1.tex"
\input{ExampleChapter2} %Include the contents of the file "ExampleChapter2.tex"
\input{ExampleChapter3} %Include the contents of the file "ExampleChapter3.tex"
%Create the bibliography:
%ADD YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY MY INSERTING THE *.BIB FILE.
%YOU CAN CREATE A BIB FILE USING THE JABREF SOFTWARE:
% http://www.jabref.org/
\bibliography{MyBib}
%Start the appendix [OPTIONAL]
\appendix
\input{ExampleAppendix} %Include the contents of the file "ExampleAppendix.tex"
\end{document}