LaTeX template for theses at ISSD, IISM, KIT. To be used for all Bachelor's, Master's, and Seminar theses.
\documentclass{thesisclass}
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%% | ISSD Thesis Template |
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%% Further additions by:
%% Philipp Stroehle, IM, 2013
%% Jasper Feine, ISSD, 2018
%% Merlin Knaeble, ISSD, 2020-2022
%% firstname.lastname "at" kit.edu
%% Notes:
%% Language switch after \begin{document}
% Based on thesisclass.cls of Timo Rohrberg, 2009
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% Thesis - Main document
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\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
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%% | Additional packages |
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\usepackage{graphicx}
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.png,.jpg}
\graphicspath{{./figures/}} %Use curly braces for each path to add and don't forget trailing slash '/'
% \usepackage{epstopdf} %Nice to automatically convert eps figures to pdf format (from inkscape, etc)
\usepackage[style=apa, backend=biber, natbib=true, hyperref=true, uniquelist=true, language=american]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{thesis.bib}
\usepackage{booktabs}
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%% | Needed for the List of Abbreviations |
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\usepackage{nomencl}
\renewcommand{\nomname}{List of Abbreviations}
\setlength{\nomlabelwidth}{.40\hsize}
\renewcommand{\nomlabel}[1]{#1 \dotfill}
\setlength{\nomitemsep}{-\parsep}
\makenomenclature
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\newcommand{\markup}[1]{\uline{#1}}
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%% | Information about the thesis |
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% uncomment one of the following, according to your thesis
\newcommand{\mytype}{Bachelor's Thesis}
%\newcommand{\mytype}{Master's Thesis}
%\newcommand{\mytype}{Seminar Thesis}
\newcommand{\myname}{Vorname Nachname}
\newcommand{\matricle}{1234567}
\newcommand{\mytitle}{Title}
\newcommand{\mytitleger}{Deutscher Titel}
\newcommand{\myinstitute}{Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM) \\Information Systems I}
\newcommand{\reviewerone}{Prof. Dr. Alexander Maedche}
\newcommand{\advisor}{Vorname Nachname}
\newcommand{\submissiontime}{DD.MM.20XX}
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%% | Information for PDF file |
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\hypersetup{
pdfauthor={\myname},
pdftitle={\mytitle},
pdfsubject={\mytype},
pdfkeywords={\mytype}
}
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%% | Settings for word separation |
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% Describe separation hints here:
\hyphenation{
opos-sum
he-lio-trope
}
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%% | Including files |
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% Only files listed here will be included!
% Userful command for partially translating the document (for bug-fixing e.g.)
\includeonly{
titlepage,
text/abstract,
text/content, %feel free to introduce additional files for structuring your thesis
text/affidavit,
text/prototype_agreement,
text/appendix
}
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%% Here, main documents begins %%
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\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\include{titlepage}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\include{text/abstract}
% ISSD Style: No additional blank page
% \blankpage
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%% | Directories |
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\tableofcontents
% ISSD Style: No additional blank page
% \blankpaage
% You may elect not to include a list of figures, list of tables and list of abbreviations, if the work is a seminar thesis (comment out the following)
\listoffigures \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\listoftables \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
\printnomenclature \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Abbreviations}
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%% | Main part |
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\mainmatter
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\include{text/content}
\backmatter
\pagenumbering{Roman}
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%% | Bibliography |
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\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\bibname}
\printbibliography
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%% | Appendix |
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\input{text/appendix}
\include{text/affidavit}
\include{text/prototype_agreement}
\end{document}