UCSF Thesis LaTeX Style

UCSF is extremely particular about how theses are formatted. If you don't want to go back and forth fixing stupid style details, just use this LaTeX document class.

Installation

Install the ucsfthesis LaTeX document class:

$ git clone https://github.com/kalekundert/ucsfthesis.git
$ cd ucsfthesis
$ make install

You can also uninstall the document class:

$ make uninstall

The above repository contains blank forms and a demo LaTeX file, which you can use to test the installation:

$ cd demo
$ pdflatex demo.tex

Usage

• Make a directory for your thesis:

  $ mkdir ~/my_thesis
  $ cd !$
  

• Make a "forms" directory:

  $ mkdir forms
  

• Sign and scan the publishing agreement, then move/link it into the forms directory:

  $ mv ... forms/publishing_agreement.pdf
  

• Fill out the title page, then move/link in into the forms directory:

  $ mv ... forms/title_page.pdf
  

  Ultimately you'll have to get your comittee to sign the title page, too...
  That's the hard part...

• Make a new LaTeX file:

  \documentclass[copyright]{ucsfthesis}
  
  \usepackage{blindtext}
  
  \begin{document}
  
  \frontmatter
  
  \ucsftableofcontents
  
  \mainmatter
  
  \blinddocument
  
  \end{document}
  

• Compile it!

  $ pdflatex my_thesis.tex
  

The document will contain instructions on how to fill out all the expected parameters.