thesis.tex

\documentclass[phd, greychapternumbers]{mqthesis}
%----------------------------------------------------------
% OPTIONS
% Options you can use in the documentclass above:
%
% phd/mres/hons = set the degree text [default=phd]
% copyrightpage = print a copyright page on the back 
%                 of the title page [default=false]. 
%		NOTE: if true, you will have to manually change the name
%		            and date in the mqthesis.cls file.
% examinerscopy = print "Examiner's Copy" of title page and 
%                 change linespacing to 1.5 [default=false]
% greychapternumbers = print large chapter numbers in grey
%                 instead of MQ corporate "sand"
%---------------------------------------------------------- 

% this shows what labels you are using for cross references
% \usepackage{showkeys} 
\usepackage{helvet}
% ifthenelse for if loops
\usepackage{etoolbox}

%---------------------------------------------------------
% SPECIFIC OPTIONS
% Other options to use in this thesis:
%
% smallcapschapter = use smallcaps for chapter titles
\newtoggle{smallcapschapter}
\togglefalse{smallcapschapter} % Change to true if you want capitals for chapter titles/headings
%----------------------------------------------------------



%---------------------------------------------------------- 
% STRUCTURE
% this document is a skeleton which pulls in the meat of the thesis
% from other files. Comment out and add lines as appropriate.
%---------------------------------------------------------- 


\begin{document}

%---------------------------------------------------------- 
% FRONT
% Acknowledgements, titlepage, abstract, list of publications
%---------------------------------------------------------- 
\frontmatter

\title{Your thesis title} % put your title here
\author{Your name} % put your name here
\department{Your department}  % put your department here

\titlepage

\input{acknowledge} % acknowledgements (acknowledge.tex)
\input{abstract} % abstract (abstract.tex)

\tableofcontents 
% comment out these as required for your discipline
\listoffigures
\listoftables
\input{listofpublications}%SRM Moved to after TOC (listofpublications.tex)

%---------------------------------------------------------- 
% MAIN
% include chapters as needed
%---------------------------------------------------------- 
\mainmatter

\makeatletter
\let\old@makechapterhead\@makechapterhead
%----------------------------------------------------------
% Use old school chapter headers
% This uses less space, but may not strictly follow
% the MQ style.
% Comment/uncomment out the following
%----------------------------------------------------------
\makeatletter
\def\thickhrulefill{\leavevmode \leaders \hrule height 1ex \hfill \kern \z@}
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright
    \reset@font
    \hrule
    \vspace*{10\p@}%
    \par
    \iftoggle{smallcapschapter}{  %SRM: Control smallcaps chapter titles
   	 \Large \sc \@chapapp{} \Huge\bfseries \thechapter
	}{
	\Large \@chapapp{} \Huge\bfseries \thechapter
	}
    \par\nobreak
    \vspace*{10\p@}%
    \hrule
    \par
    \vspace*{1\p@}%
    \hrule
    %\vskip 40\p@
    \vspace*{20\p@}
    \Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 70\p@
  }}
%----------------------------------------------------------
% Use old school chapter headers
% This uses less space, but may not strictly follow
% the MQ style.
% Comment/uncomment out the previous
%----------------------------------------------------------

% Introduction
\input{chap_intro}

% Other chapters in here
\input{chap_other}

% Conclusion
\input{chap_conclusion}

\makeatletter
\let\@makechapterhead\old@makechapterhead
%---------------------------------------------------------- 
% BACK
% list of symbols / references / index etc
%---------------------------------------------------------- 
\backmatter

% your thesis may not need this, so comment out or delete the following line
\input{listofsymbols}

% Bibliography, in BibTeX format (the references.bib file)
\bibliography{references}


%---------------------------------------------------------- 
% APPENDICES
% include chapters as needed (will be numbered differently)
%---------------------------------------------------------- 
\appendix

\input{chap_appendix}

\end{document}