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A thesis LaTeX-template
This LaTeX-template might be used to write a bachelor or master thesis at the computer science department at h_da university of applied sciences in Darstmadt. It is based on the fabulous ClassicThesis style template of Andre Miedé. It is adapted to meet the current style guide for bachelor and master theses at the computer science department of h_da, as outlined in Richtlinien zur Anfertigung der Bachelorarbeit
Table of contents
Configuration
The LaTeX template can be modified and configured easily using a very limited number of files, namely classicthesis-config.tex, hdathesis-config.tex, and thesis.tex. Only use these three files to modify your LaTeX thesis. Please DO NOT modify the actual LaTeX code for your thesis (as this becomes quite complex and consumes a lot of time). Please finde a brief description of the various configuration options below:
thesis.tex
The thesis.tex file contains the basic structure all the chapter-files that contain the actual content of your thesis. Thus, you have to modify this file in order to incorporate your content files.
Two-sided vs. one-sided
The default output of the LaTeX thesis template a two-sided style that also has to be printet that way. In case you want to print one-sided only, you have to remove the twoside option in the \documentclass definition at line 35:
\documentclass[ openright,titlepage,numbers=noenddot,headinclude,%
footinclude=true,cleardoublepage=empty,abstractoff,%
BCOR=5mm,paper=a4,fontsize=11pt,
ngerman,american,%
]{scrreprt}
You may also adapt the paper size (paper=a4) and the font size (fontsize=11) if necessary.
Bibliographies
By default all bibliographies that can be referenced in the thesis are put into the bibliography.bib file in the root directory of the LaTeX sources. However, if you want to use additional bibliography files, you may add them to the bibliograph section (starting at line 47) in thesis.tex
%*************************************************************************
% Bibliographies
%*************************************************************************
\addbibresource{bibliography.bib}
.... ADD YOUR FILES HERE ...
Language
The default langauge of your thesis is German. If you want to switch to English, you have to modify the language selection from ngerman to american at line 63.
\selectlanguage{american} % ngerman, american
Table of content, figures, tables, listings, and acronyms
By default, the thesis templates prints a lot of table of content, i.e. for figures, tables, listings, and aconyms. You may want to remove such tables if you only have a very limited number, i.e. less then 3-5, of figures, tables, listings, and acronyms. Simply comment the related line in thesis.tex starting at line 81.
%\cleardoublepage\include{frontbackmatter/Figures}
%\cleardoublepage\include{frontbackmatter/Tables}
%\cleardoublepage\include{frontbackmatter/Listings}
%\cleardoublepage\include{frontbackmatter/Acronyms}
Your content files
By default, the thesis template contains (includes) some default content files for chapters and appendix from the ./chapters/examples/-directory (starting a line 94). You have to remove those includes and include your own files. Please note that it is best practice to put all your content in seperate files.
\cleardoublepage
\part{Thesis}\label{pt:thesis}
%\include{chapters/examples/chapter01}
%\include{chapters/examples/chapter02}
%\include{chapters/examples/chapter03}
... PUT YOUR INCLUDES FOR CHAPTERS HERE ...
%*************************************************************************
% Backmatter
%*************************************************************************
\appendix
%\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\alph{chapter}}
\cleardoublepage
\part{Appendix}
%\include{chapters/examples/appendix01}
%\include{chapters/examples/appendix02}
... PUT YOUR INCLUDES FOR APPENDIX HERE ...
You may also want to have a look at the part(...) section at line 93 and 103. You may want to change the titles of the part(...)-sections. Alternatively, you remove the part(...) section and the corresponding cleardoublepage the line before.
hdathesis-config.tex
classicthesis-config.tex
AbstractDE.tex and AbstractEN.tex
Usage
The thesis template repository contains a Makefile that allows you to compile the thesis template using the make t ool available on most Unix and Linux systems. Simply type:
$ make
to compile the LaTeX code into a PDF-file. Moreover, you may use
$ make clean
to remove all temporary files, which are produced during the compilation process. Finally,
$ make bz2
generates a bz2-package file, which contains all the source files of your LaTeX code.
Known issues
- The LaTeX template only supports bachelor theses (by default)
- The thesis only supports German and (American) English
License
The h_da computer science department LaTeX thesis template is licences under GPL v3.0