LaTeX document-style for typesetting Theses or Dissertations in accordance with the University of Southern California Regulations for Format and Presentation of Theses and Dissertations. It provides some alternative "bells and whistles" such as support for multi-volume documents.

A brief history of LaTeX templates for dissertation and thesis at the University of Southern California:

• 1987-1991: Steven Cochran ([email protected]) wrote the original USCthesis.sty, and maintained this package file. You could still find it on CTAN
• 2000-2001: Zufar Mulyukov ([email protected]) wrote the USC-Thesis.cls class file partially based on Cochran's package, as the latter has become outdated for both latex and USC thesis editor requirements.
• 2001-2003: Brian P. Gerkey ([email protected]) continued the maintenance of USCthesis.sty.

This repository is based on Gerkey's work and aims at making the updated template easier to find and easier to use.

• tex: LaTeX template
  • USCthesis.sty: LaTeX package
  • main.tex: main LaTeX file for dissertation structure.
  • references.bib: sample bibliography file.
  • Other .tex files are sample content files referenced by main.tex.
• layouts: Sample layouts generated from template.
  • final-layout.pdf: dissertation layout
  • proposal-layout.pdf: dissertation proposal layout, for qualifying exams.
• DOCUMENTATION: Documentation maintained by Cochran.
• VERSIONS.log: LaTeX log file of package revisions, 1987-2008.

Document on other possible uses of the USCthesis package.

Neither Cochran nor Gerkey specified a license or dis­tribution restrictions on the package. In accordance with CTAN license guide, I picked GPLv3 for free redistribution and modification of the repository.

Contributions (issues and bull requests) are welcome!