SCC Lancaster University MSc Dissertation Template
Author
Lewis Newsham
Last Updated
1年前
License
LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c
Abstract
MSc Dissertation LaTeX template for School of Computing and Communications students at Lancaster University.
%% MSc Dissertation LaTeX Template
%% School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University,
%% Copyright 2023 Lewis Newsham
% This work consists of the files main.tex, and the other example tex files referenced within.
% This MSc dissertation template is an adapted version of the SCC PhD template created by Andrew Moore and Alaistair Baron with help from Paul Rasyon, and Edward Dearden.
% Conforms with Lancaster University MANUAL OF ACADEMIC REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES (MARP) 2022-23 for POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH. This can be found here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/student-based-services/asq/marp/PGR-Regs.pdf
% For layout information the most relevant pages of that document are pages 30-32 (Appendix 2)
\documentclass[oneside,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[paper=a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{svg}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=false,
breaklinks=true
}
% All sections and sub sections have to be labelled in the table of contents and thesis. This does this down to the level of subsubsection.
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}
%discourages hyphenated words at end of lines
\hyphenpenalty=5000
\tolerance=1000
% biblography formatting
% NOTE: At the moment both URL and DOI will be displayed, if you have a bib entry that has both URL and DOI please remove the URL so that only one link is displayed, in this case to the DOI.
\usepackage[style=authoryear,backend=biber,url=true, doi=true, sorting=nyt, natbib=true]{biblatex}
\usepackage{bibentry}
\addbibresource{ref.bib}
% Appendix formatting
\usepackage[title, titletoc]{appendix}
\renewcommand{\appendixpagename}{Appendix}
% for the title page
\usepackage{datetime}
\newdateformat{monthyeardate}{%
\monthname[\THEMONTH], \THEYEAR}
% For the declaration
% NOTE IF NOT USING OVERLEAF PLEASE REMOVE THIS AND ADD THE WORD COUNT MANUALLY. The software overleaf uses is this: https://app.uio.no/ifi/texcount/
% This has come from overleaf and has been slightly adapted. This counts everything including footnotes and captions I believe and the appendix, but not bibliography.
% https://www.overleaf.com/learn/how-to/Is_there_a_way_to_run_a_word_count_that_doesn%27t_include_LaTeX_commands%3F
\newcommand{\quickwordcount}[1]{%
\immediate\write18{texcount -0 -sum -merge #1.tex > #1-words.sum }%
\input{#1-words.sum}%
}
% TO BE FILLED IN
\newcommand\thesistitle{Title of your dissertation} % Dissertation Title
\newcommand\authorname{First (Middle) Last name} % Full Name
\newcommand\authordegrees{BSc (Hons)} % This does not have to be filled in, but it is advised you include any degrees you have.
\newcommand\supervisor{Title, Supervisor Name} % Title and Name of Supervisor
\newgeometry{left=25mm, right=25mm, top=25mm, bottom=25mm, includeheadfoot}
% This has to come before the header and footer information. Left-hand side margin has been adapted from 38mm to 25mm.
% HEADER AND FOOTER STYLE
% https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Customizing_Page_Headers_and_Footers
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\setlength{\headheight}{15pt}
% For preamble
\fancypagestyle{preamble}{ %
\fancyhf{} % remove everything
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % remove lines as well
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}
\pagestyle{preamble}
% For the main pages
\fancypagestyle{main}{
\fancyhf{}
%\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\fancyhead[L]{\textit{ \nouppercase{\leftmark}} }
\fancyhead[R]{\textit{ \nouppercase{\rightmark}} }
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{1pt} % remove lines as well
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}
% For title and chapter pages
\fancypagestyle{plain}{ %
\fancyhf{} % remove everything
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} %should keep page number
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % remove lines as well
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}
\usepackage{lipsum} % just to add random text as an example
% Start of document
\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\input{title_page}
\clearpage
\input{declaration}
\clearpage
\input{abstract}
\clearpage
\clearpage
\input{acknowledgements}
\clearpage
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\listoffigures
\clearpage
\listoftables
\clearpage
\pagestyle{main}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{Introduction}
\input{chapters/introduction}
\chapter{Middle chapters}
\input{chapters/middle}
\chapter{Conclusions}
\input{chapters/conclusion}
\begin{appendices}
\chapter{Introduction}
\label{appendix_introduction}
\input{appendix/introduction}
\end{appendices}
\clearpage % Required to make sure the references table of contents page number is correct.
\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc,title=References]
\end{document}