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This is a template of the file that should go in place of the final reading approval page

Ethesis_ Lee.Approval-Page (17).pdf

Currently the margins and page numbers alternate.

All left-hand margins should be 1.5 inches to leave room for binding and page numbers of the main document should be on the right hand side. Every other page currently has a smaller left hand margin and the page numbers are on the left.

There shouldn't be any blank pages anywhere in the document. Currently, There are blank pages:
after title page
after copyright page
after electronic final approval page
after list of tables and before 1st chapter
after references and before appendices

One of the comments I got back was for a separate title page for appendices. I just used \newpage in my input files to fix it, but thought I should add it here for future reference.

The appendix should have a title page preceding the appendix content. This title page will contain the words “APPENDIX” and the corresponding letter according to the number of appendices. Below this Heading 1 title, a corresponding subheading (Heading 2) should indicate what is included in the appendix; this subheading should be a single clear title.

Please update the link in the following line in the README.md file to point to https://github.com/BoiseState/thesis-dissertation-template

If you are a Computer Science major, you can find the CS Master's thesis template from Amit Jain here.

The beginning of the document should be as follows:
Page i : Title page
Page ii: copyright page
page iii: Final reading approval page
all of the above pages should NOT have page numbers. Page iv is the Dedication page and should have the page number as well as all following pages (page number is in correct place at the bottom, centered)

The dedication page should look like the acknowledgement page, with a title.
It should also be included in the table of contents.

This one is not crucial. But technically there shouldn't be an extra space between headings. The entire document should be double spaced. Currently there is a blank line before sections and subsections.

Tate noticed that hyperref broke the latex code. This was due to problems with \MakeUpperCase in the chapter definition. This is fixed now after looking at this site.

Table captions should be at the top of the table. Figure captions should be below (these are fine).

If possible make all table and figure captions bold print.

"List of symbols" is showing up in the left hand header. Need to fix.

The following code should be added to BSUthesis.sty (after the corresponding committeeMemberB sections):

% committee member C
\def\committeeMemberC{@ifnextchar[{@committeeMemberC}{@committeeMemberC[Member, Supervisory Committee]}}
\def@committeeMemberC[#1]#2#3{\gdef@committeeMemberCname{#2}\gdef@committeeMemberCtitle{#3}
\gdef@committeeMemberCfunction{#1}}

and

{@committeeMemberCname} {@committeeMemberCtitle} \hspace{2cm} & {@committeeMemberCfunction}

Maybe add some committeeMemberD code too for good measure.

The \degree command in BSUthesis.sty conflicts with the \degree command in the common package gensymb (to make the degree symbol). This issue can be resolved by renaming the \degree command in BSUthesis.sty and BSUmain.tex:

BSUthesis.sty: \def\degreetype#1{\gdef@degree{#1}}
BSUmain.tex: \degreetype{Doctor of Philosophy}

instead of
BSUthesis.sty: \def\degree#1{\gdef@degree{#1}} % conflicts with gensymb
BSUmain.tex: \degree{Doctor of Philosophy}