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@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
% This is a template for use with the MSU Thesis class
-% Vesion 2.9c 2021/05/07
+% Vesion 3.0 2021/06/10
%
% Class options:
%[PhD] Doctor of Philosophy (default)
%[DEd] Doctor of Education
%[DMA] Doctor of Musical Arts
+%[DNP] Doctor of Nursing Practice
%[MA] Master of Arts
%[MS] Master of Science
%[MAT] Master of Arts for Teachers
@@ -32,16 +33,20 @@
%
% If you have large tables/figures that need to be in landscape mode, add the [lscape] option
%
-% The class accepts 12pt, 11pt or 10pt font size options. For Times New Roman use 12pt (default).
-
-% This is standard fontenc/inputenc for pdflatex
+% The class accepts 12pt, 11pt or 10pt font size options.
+% For Times New Roman as in this example document, use 12pt (default).
+%
+% If you require per-chapter appendices add the [chapterapp] option
+%
+% If you require per-chapter bibliographies add the [chapterbib] option
+%
+% This is standard fontenc for pdflatex
% If you use LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX you should replace this with the fontspec package
-\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%
% If the thesis office requires Times, we'll give them Times
% You can experiment with other font packages here if you like.
-% If you are using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX load the Times or Times New Roman font with \setmainfont
+% If you are using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX load TeX Gyre Termes, Times or Times New Roman font with \setmainfont
\usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath}
%
% Load any extra packages here
@@ -62,16 +67,23 @@
\frontmatter
% First make the title page
\maketitlepage
-% Next make the abstract
+
+% if you have public abstract (optional) it should go here
+%\begin{publicabstract}
+% Public abstract goes here
+%\end{publicabstract}
+
+% Next make the regular abstract (obligatory)
\begin{abstract}
% Your abstract goes here. Master's 1 page max. PhD 2 page max.
\end{abstract}
% Force a newpage
\clearpage
-% Make the copyright page. The Graduate School ridiculously prohibits you
-% from having a copyright page unless you pay ProQuest to register the copyright.
-% This should be illegal, but I didn't make up the rule.
+% Make the copyright page. The Graduate School ridiculously claims that you
+% can't have a copyright page unless you pay ProQuest to register the copyright.
+% This is simply not the case, so put in your copyright page whether or not you
+% intend to pay Proquest to register the copyright.
\makecopyrightpage
@@ -117,15 +129,20 @@ Your acknowledgements here.
%
%
% If you have appendices, they would go here.
-% Comment these lines out if you don't
+% If you only have one appendix it will look like this: (comment this out if you have no appendices)
+\begin{appendix}
+\chapter{Your appendix}
+\end{appendix}
+%
+%
% If you have more than one appendix, you need to use
% \begin{appendices}
% \chapter{First appendix}
% \chapter{Second appendix}
% \end{appendices}
%
-\appendix
-\chapter{Your appendix}
+% If each chapter has its own set of appendices, then load the class with the [chapterapp] option
+% and put your {appendix} or {appendices} environments at the end of each chapter.
%
\backmatter
% The next lines add the dots back into the References/Bibliography heading
@@ -135,14 +152,20 @@ Your acknowledgements here.
% \protect\renewcommand{\protect\cftchapterdotsep} {\cftdotsep}}
%
\makebibliographypage % make the bibliography cover page
-% Bibliography can be single spaced
%
-\SingleSpacing
%
-% Your bibliography command here (e.g. \bibliography{your-bib-file}) if using natbib
+% Your bibliography command here
+% e.g. \bibliography{your-bib-file}) if using natbib
+% e.g. \printbibliography if using biblatex
%
% Remember that although the bibliography is single spaced, there needs to
% be a blank line between entries. This is set by your bibliography package
% If you are using natbib it is \bibsep; if using biblatex it's \bibitemsep
+% These are set automatically by the class if you are using these packages
+%
+% If you need per-chapter bibliographies, you need to use the [chapterbib]
+% class option and you would use \makebibliographypage before each
+% chapter level bibliography and then the relevant bibliography command
+%
\end{document}