The files thesis.tex and thesis.pdf show a very simple example of using the ubthesis.cls style file. The file ubthesis.pdf provides the original documentation.
The style file should be fairly well commented. You'll need to read through the comments to make certain selections like department and degree.
Good luck!
Thanks to Justin Boffemmyer for converting the UB Thesis Guidelines (.pdf) into ubthesis class, a document class that does most of the heavy lifting to format your dissertation.