Northwestern University Thesis Template
Author
JENNIFER D KLEMISCH
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Thesis template for School of professional studies Data Science
Thesis template for School of professional studies Data Science
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% Document type, global settings, and packages
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\documentclass[12pt]{report} %12 point font for Times New Roman
\usepackage{graphicx} %for images and plots
\usepackage[letterpaper, left=1in, right=1in, top=1in, bottom=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{setspace} %use this package to set linespacing as desired
\usepackage{times} %set Times New Roman as the font
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec} %title control and formatting
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft} %table of contents control and formatting
\usepackage[backend=bibtex, sorting=none, bibstyle=ieee]{biblatex} %reference manager
\usepackage[bookmarks=true, hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage[page]{appendix} %for appendices
\usepackage{rotating} %for rotated, landscape images
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem} %for italicized text
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% Bibliography
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%Add your bibliography file here
\bibliography{references}
% prevent certain fields in references from printing in bibliography
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{issn}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearlist{issn}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{language}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearlist{language}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{doi}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearlist{doi}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{url}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearlist{url}}
\AtEveryBibitem{%
\ifentrytype{online}
{}
{\clearfield{urlyear}\clearfield{urlmonth}\clearfield{urlday}}}
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% Start of Document
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\begin{document}
\doublespacing %set line spacing
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% Title Page
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\input{titlePage.tex}
\currentpdfbookmark{Title Page}{titlePage} %add PDF bookmark for this page
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%copyright page
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\input{copyright.tex}
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% This is the abstract
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\pagenumbering{arabic}
\setcounter{page}{2} % set the page number appropriately
\input{abstract.tex}
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% Acknowledgments
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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgments}
\input{acknowledgements.tex}
%\addtocontents{toc}{\cftpagenumbersoff{chapter}}
%\currentpdfbookmark{Acknowledgments}{acknowledgments}
%\addtocontents{toc}{\cftpagenumberson{chapter}}
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% Preface
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\input{preface.tex}
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% Abbreviations
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\input{abbreviations.tex}
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% Glossary
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\input{glossary.tex}
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% Nomenclature
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\input{nomenclature.tex}
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% Dedication
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\input{dedication.tex}
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% Table of Contents
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% Format for Table of Contents
\renewcommand{\cftchapdotsep}{\cftdotsep} %add dot separators
\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\bfseries} %set title font weight
\renewcommand{\cftchappagefont}{} %set page number font weight
\renewcommand{\cftchappresnum}{Chapter }
\renewcommand{\cftchapaftersnum}{:}
\renewcommand{\cftchapnumwidth}{5em}
\renewcommand{\cftchapafterpnum}{\vskip\baselineskip} %set correct spacing for entries in single space environment
\renewcommand{\cftsecafterpnum}{\vskip\baselineskip} %set correct spacing for entries in single space environment
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecafterpnum}{\vskip\baselineskip} %set correct spacing for entries in single space environment
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecafterpnum}{\vskip\baselineskip} %set correct spacing for entries in single space environment
%format title font size and position (this also applys to list of figures and list of tables)
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\normalfont\bfseries\filcenter}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{0pt}{\MakeUppercase{#1}}
\renewcommand\contentsname{Table of Contents}
\begin{singlespace}
\tableofcontents
\end{singlespace}
\currentpdfbookmark{Table of Contents}{TOC}
\clearpage
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% List of figures and tables
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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
\begin{singlespace}
\setlength\cftbeforetabskip{\baselineskip} %manually set spacing between entries
\listoftables
\end{singlespace}
\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\begin{singlespace}
\setlength\cftbeforefigskip{\baselineskip} %manually set spacing between entries
\listoffigures
\end{singlespace}
\clearpage
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% CHAPTERS
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% formatting
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% resume page numbering for rest of document
\clearpage
% Adjust chapter title formatting
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\normalfont\bfseries\filcenter}{\MakeUppercase\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{0pt}{\MakeUppercase{#1}} %spacing between titles
\titlespacing*{\chapter}
{0pt}{0pt}{30pt} %controls vertical margins on title
% Adjust section title formatting
\titleformat{\section}{\normalfont\bfseries}{\thesection}{1em}{#1}
% Adjust subsection title formatting
\titleformat{\subsection}{\normalfont}{\uline{\thesubsection}}{0em}{\uline{\hspace{1em}#1}}
% Adjust subsubsection title formatting
\titleformat{\subsubsection}{\normalfont\itshape}{\thesubsection}{1em}{#1}
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% Introduction
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\input{introduction.tex}
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% Chapter 1
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\input{chapter1.tex}
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% Chapter 2
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\input{chapter2.tex}
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% Chapter 3
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\input{chapter3.tex}
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% Chapter 4
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\input{chapter4.tex}
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% Chapter 5
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\input{chapter5.tex}
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% References
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\begin{singlespace} % use single-line spacing for multi-line text within a single reference
\setlength\bibitemsep{\baselineskip} %manually set separataion betwen items in bibliography to double space
\printbibliography[title={References}]
\end{singlespace}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References} %add References section to Table of Contents
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% Appendices
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\input{appendix.tex}
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% Vita
% Only for PhD students
% Masters students remove this line
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\input{vita.tex}
\end{document}