This is the file thesis-umich.cls. It provides a LaTeX class that is consistent with the guidelines provided by the Rackham Graduate School as described at http://www.rackham.umich.edu/downloads/oard-dissertation-format-guidelines.pdf
This class is based on the LaTeX template provided at http://aoss.engin.umich.edu/pages/current/dissertation-template
The correct usage of this template is to use it as a documentclass. The first line of the .tex file should be
\documentclass{thesis-umich}if this file is in the same directory as the .tex file. If the two files are not in the same directory, the relative path from the .tex file to this .cls file should be provided. For example, if the document is called thesis-dalle.tex and this file, thesis-umich.cls is in a subfolder called 'tex', the command should be
\documentclass{./tex/thesis-umich}An example is distributed with this file that demonstrates all of the features of the template. The example is in a file called thesis-sample.tex.
| Time | Person | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988.01.01 | Jin Ji | Initial version; reportx.sty |
| 1988.05.19 | Jin Ji | Unrecorded changes |
| 1988.12.13 | Jin Ji | Corrected table of contents to show "CHAPTER" and also \@makecaption |
| 1989.01.08 | Jin Ji | Corrections for section headers |
| 1989.11.29 | ? | Removed a spurious command |
| 1992.07.24 | Roque D. Oliveira | Modified \startappendices to work with the New Font Selection Scheme. |
| 2008.09.01 | Jason Gilbert | Obsolete code removed for compatibility with LaTeX2e; list of abbreviations added, made copyright page cleaner, fixed appendices, bibliography, margins, title page, frontispiece, bottom-center page numbers, two-side printing, added in-dissertation abstract and abstract that prints at the end. |
| 2011.04.09 | Derek Dalle | Convert rac.sty --> thesis.umich.cls |
| 2019.08.30 | Umang Varma | Remove various code that can be found in widely available packages. Address changes in Rackham guidelines. |
| 2021.05.04 | Zhan Jiang | Added comments. Added codes for Roman Chapter numbers in tex file |
| 2021.05.05 | Zhan Jiang | Debugged Prologue Page. Eliminated all compiling warnings. Removed minipage environment in front pages to support multiple-page text. |
This is a LaTeX template that tries (but does not guarantee) to meet the requirements of the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan.
I got this copy of the template from Derek Dalle's webpage and have modified it to remove various functionalities that can be found in standard LaTeX packages and added in code to address changes in the guidelines that Rackham posts.
Please make sure, of course, that you read Rackham's Handbook and formatting guidelines because they may change (or may become more strict about certain rules) over time.