tu_thesis.tex

% main.tex
\documentclass{thesis-dissertation}

% Set thesis information
\title{A \LaTeX{} Template for Theses and Dissertations}
\author{James Brodovsky}        % Your name!
\date{April 2025}               % Graduation date specifically, Month and Year
\copyrightyear{2025}            % Copyright year, typically the same as graduation year
\doctype{Template}              % Thesis, Dissertation, Praxis, etc. May also append with Proposal, eg: Thesis Proposal
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}   % Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, etc.
\department{Mechanical and Electical Departments} % Department name, optional, e.g. Department of Mechanical Engineering
\school{of the College of Engineering}  % School name, optional, e.g. College of Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Medical School, Law School
\university{Temple University}  % The name of your university
\graduateorg{and to the Graduate Board\\and students everywhere}    % Graduate Board, Graduate School, etc.
% Committee information
\advisor{Jane Doe}{Department of Mechanical Engineering}
\committeemember{John Smith}{Department of Computer Science}
\committeemember{Emily Black}{Department of Mechanical Engineering}
\committeemember{Robert Johnson}{Department of Electrical Engineering}

%% Bibliography
% BibLaTeX is a useful package for managing references. It is not strictly required, but it is recommended.
% Specifically, the main use of BibLaTeX in this context is to permit the use of various citation styles.
% To change citation style, simply change the `style=apa`' to the desired style (e.g. `style=ieee`, `style=mla`, et cetera).
\usepackage[style=apa]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
% Dummy text used for demonstration and format testing purposes, comment out when writing your own text
\usepackage{lipsum}
% Hyperlinks package for clickable links in the PDF
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
  colorlinks=true,
  linkcolor=black,
  filecolor=magenta,
  urlcolor=blue,
  citecolor=black,
  pdftitle={A \LaTeX{} Template for Theses and Dissertations},
  pdfauthor={James Brodovsky},
}
%% Begin Document
\begin{document}
%% Theorem-style environment definitions
\newtheorem{notation}{Notation}[chapter]
\newtheorem{rem}{Remark}[chapter]
\newtheorem{lem}{Lemma}[chapter]
\newtheorem{cor}{Corollary}[chapter]
\newtheorem{tem}{Theorem}[chapter]
\newtheorem{prop}{Proposition}[chapter]
\newtheorem{example}{Example}[chapter]
\newtheorem{define}{Definition}[chapter]

%% Title Page
\maketitlepage{}

%% Abstract
\begin{abstract}
  This is a template for writing a thesis or dissertation using \LaTeX{}. It is designed to help you create a document that meets the formatting requirements of your university. The template includes examples of how to format various sections of your document, including the title page, abstract, acknowledgments, table of contents, list of figures, list of tables, and the main body. It also includes examples of how to format figures, tables, equations, and references. This template is intended to be a starting point for your thesis or dissertation and can be customized to meet your specific needs.
\end{abstract}

%% Acknowledgments
\begin{acknowledgments}
  Leslie Lamport, for making \LaTeX{}. James Yu for creating the fantastic LaTeX Workshop Visual Studio Code extension. The Mathematics department of Temple University, for, at the very least, inspiring me to do this.
\end{acknowledgments}

%% Dedication
\begin{dedication}
  To anyone and everyone who needs this.
\end{dedication}

%% Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables
\singlespacing{}
%% Table of Contents
\tableofcontents{}
%% List of Figures
\listoffigures{}
%% List of Tables
\listoftables{}

%% Main Body
\newpage{}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\doublespacing{}

%% Chapters
\chapter{Introduction}
\LaTeX{} is a typesetting system that is widely used for producing scientific and technical documents. It is particularly well-suited for documents that contain complex mathematical equations, tables, and figures, but it is also useful for documents that need to separate out content from formatting. This template (provided in the accompanying \texttt{.cls} file) is designed to help you create a thesis or dissertation that meets the formatting requirements of your university, and is specifically tailored to the style guide of Temple University. This file (\texttt{thesis-dissertation.cls}) defines the \texttt{thesis-dissertation} class, which is a drop-in replacement for the standard \LaTeX{} classes and builds off the built-in \texttt{report} class, which is used primarily for it's numbering rules for things like equations and for the abstract environment.

Because of how \LaTeX{} works, this template is effectively in two parts: the class definition and this example implementation. This file is effectively a tutorial and a sort of boot-strapped example. In the same way that compilers for programming languages are often written in the same language they compile, this document is an example of the formatting and structure of a thesis or dissertation and will both document and demonstrate how to use the unique features of the class and how to use \LaTeX{} in general. Consider it both an introduction to the class and a light-weight tutorial on how to use \LaTeX{}.

In general, you should not need to modify the class file in order to use this template. It is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the standard \LaTeX{} classes, but with the added benefit of having a template that meets the formatting requirements. Only delve into the class file if you need to make changes to the formatting that are not covered by the options in this file.

Additionally, this tutorial is set up with \textit{minimal} dependencies. It is designed and intended to be as simple as possible. The additional packages used are noted in the imports section with specific comments about what they are used for in this tutorial. 

For instance, you've probably noticed some coloration or highlighting over certain words (namely in the table of contents). This is done with the \texttt{hyperref} package and is primarily used in this document to make URL links accessible by imbedding them in the text as hyper references (like a typical web page). It also has the added benefit of making clickable links to sections, figures, and other such items in the document. While such links are not expressly prohibited by the style guide, you should be careful of how it formats the text. Namely, it can color links to something other than black which is the only permitted font color. For the sake of this document, that will be the one exception made to the prescribed style guide.

As of this writing there are six required dependencies and three optional. The required ones are fairly standard: \begin{itemize}
  \singlespacing{}
  \item \verb|geometry| --- used for page margins
  \item \verb|graphicx| --- used for including images (e.g. figures)
  \item \verb|ifthen| --- used for control flow of optional items
  \item \verb|setspace| --- used for line spacing
  \item \verb|titlecaps| --- used for title case formatting
  \item \verb|titlesec| --- used for section formatting
\end{itemize} and all should be available on most \TeX{} distributions. 

The optional ones are \verb|biblatex|, \verb|lipsum|, and \verb|hyperref|. \verb|biblatex| is used for automatic bibliography generation and citation management. While technically not required, I have found that it is one of the easier reference managers to use and would suggest keeping it. \verb|lipsum| is used for generating dummy text for the purposes of this tutorial. Remove it when beginning your own document. \verb|hyperref| is used for creating hyperlinks in the document as stated above. Everything else you need formatting-wise is contained in the class file. 

\chapter{Background}
\section{Why?}
There are numerous similar templates out there for various other schools. However, they are all very customized and very school specific. One thing that I do specifically like about Temple University's template and style guide is that it is very plain and generic and easily reusable in other contexts. The mathematics department even provides a base \href{https://cst.temple.edu/department-mathematics/graduate/current-students/tu-thesis}{\LaTeX{} template}! However, that version does not appear to be actively maintained, is internally inconsistent, and out of date with the current \href{https://grad.temple.edu/resources/dissertation-thesis-handbook}{handbook}. There are a few other attempts out there that have attempted to tackle this problem, but they too are actually out of date and unmaintained with the current style guide. On top of that, the other examples I've found for specific Temple implementations have been far too author, school, or department specific. Most have typically defined everything in a \verb|.tex| file and would be cumbersome to adapt. 
\section{Goals}
The goals of this project are simple. One, provide a truly generic implementation of a \LaTeX{} document template that can be used either for a Master's thesis or Ph.D. dissertation (or any other such document) across any department or college within Temple. Two, optionally to be generic and portable enough to be used at any other university as well, provided they follow Temple's style guide or something similar. Failing that, this should serve as an easily adaptable template class that can be forked.

In addition to those general project goals, this tutorial is also intended to be a sort of introduction to \LaTeX{} and how to use it. It is not intended to be a comprehensive guide, but rather a starting point for those who are either new to \LaTeX{} and don't require much in the way of advanced typesetting, just something that meets the style guide and is useful for large documents with cross-references and citations, or advanced users who know their way around who are looking for a simple template to use and need a simple primer.

\section{Some General Usage Notes}
This template and tutorial was built using the TeXLive distribution of \LaTeX{} and the Visual Studio Code editor with the \href{https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=James-Yu.latex-workshop}{LaTeX Workshop} extension. It is not necessarily recommended that you too use that specific configuration, but it is the one that this is being built with and tested against. If you use something else (say MikTeX and TexStudio for example) and are getting weird bugs, then I can't help you. I have used my TexLive installation with TexStudio and it works fine, but I have not tested this template with it. 

I use this configuration because VS Code is heavily integrated into my workflow as a roboticist. I write code, a lot, so writing my papers in my code editor is what is the most useful for me. Additionally, VS Code has nice Git (source code management) integration which allows for changes to be tracked. This is similar to the ``Track Changes'' feature in many word processors (namely Microsoft Word) that many users may be familiar with. Using plain text and Git differs in that it will be able to track things like changes to your equation definitions. You won't have to convert back to linear mode, make the change and then re-render as the text (``code'') that describes the equation is stored in plain text. It is only in the document compilation process that the equation is rendered. Personally, I do not find the source control aspect a particularly compelling argument for people who do not already know how to and use Git in their workflow. However, it is a nice feature to have if you are already using it.

With that said, I have some additional recommendations for setting up Visual Studio Code for \LaTeX{} editing. Notably, the \href{https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/?itemName=James-Yu.latex-workshop}{LaTeX Workshop extension} comes with \texttt{chktex} a \LaTeX{} linter that will check your document for common mistakes. As anyone who is mildly familiar with \LaTeX{} knows, whatever program you're using frequently will spit out a lot of warnings about things despite rendering your document completely correctly as you intended. Underfull hbox anyone? Frankly its one of the things that I dislike most about \LaTeX{} and why I prefer to use Markdown for most of my writing now. However, \LaTeX{} is still the gold standard for typesetting and formatting formal documents, especially in academia and scientific research, so we use it even if it means we keep cursing at it. Eventually something will come along that is both compatible and better.

Anyway, open your settings in VS Code and search for ``chktex''. Find the section ``Latex-workshop \(\rightarrow\) Linting \(\rightarrow\) Chktex \(\rightarrow\) Exec:Args.'' At time of writing this is the fourth item down. I would add the following arguments to the list: -n2, -n8, -n12, -n24, and -n38. I recommend these because, like markdown, I want to keep the source code text and the rendered product as simple, straightforward, and as similar as possible. If I put a space between items in the \LaTeX{} code, I would like there to be a space. I don't want to have to explicitly use a tilde or other such whitespace marker. 

\texttt{-n2} suppress the non-breaking space warning. This frequently comes up with references and citations in text. For example if I cite \parencite{doe2023example} as such, this works and looks correct. In the code this is written as:\begin{center}\begin{verbatim}...\verb|if I cite \parencite{doe2023example}|...\end{verbatim}\end{center} and \verb|chktex| will complain about the space between ``cite'' and the \verb|\parencite| command. I don't really know why but removing that space renders the document as such: \begin{center}
``\ldots if I cite\parencite{doe2023example}\ldots''. 
\end{center} This is not what I want. I want the space to be there. To a certain extent I get this, the code is being rendered precisely where you tell it to be rendered in the text, however \LaTeX{} doesn't do well with intentional white space. So I add \texttt{-n2} to the list of arguments to suppress that warning and either include or exclude the space between the citation and the text as per the style guide of whatever document I'm writing. For dissertations and theses (and this example) that follow the APA style guide which uses the Name, Year scheme (with or without parentheses) they require a space between the citation and the text. The bracketed number IEEE style does not require a space.

\texttt{-n8} suppresses the warning about potentially incorrect hyphen usages. Some packages (namely the \texttt{lipsum} dummy text package) will allow you to specify ranges, lists, bounds et cetera in the bracketed parameters block, e.g.: \verb|\libsum[1-3]|. \LaTeX{} however will complain about this as it doesn't know if this is some sort of code parameter, a hyphen between works (e.g.: ``co-ordinate''), or an emdash (this thing: ---, the fancy long dash). These are all pretty distinct in the source code, particularly the emdash: \verb|---|. 

\texttt{-n12} similarly suppresses interword spacing warnings with \verb|`\ '|. Again, if I want a space, I want a space.

\texttt{-n24} suppresses the warning spaces in labels and captions for figures and tables. I've never actually seen an issue caused by this space being there. For example in the following snippet:\begin{verbatim}
  \begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{example-image-a}
    \caption{An example figure.}
    \label{fig:example-image-a}
  \end{figure}\end{verbatim}\texttt{chktex} will complain about the space (new line and indentation) in front of \verb|\label| yet this renders and is captioned and cross-referenced correctly.

\texttt{-n38} suppresses the warning about punctuation in front of quotes. I have no idea why this is a problem, thus I don't want to hear complaints about it.
\chapter{Methods}

In this chapter, we'll discuss the specific style guidelines and how to use the template formatting and built in \LaTeX{} features in a way that aligns with the style guide. For starters, you cant take a look at the front matter of this document. The class inherits the \texttt{abstract} environment from the \texttt{report} class and modifies it a bit to be centered horizontally and vertically on the page. New environments that do the same thing are created for the ``Acknowledgments'' and ``Dedication'' sections. 

Also take a look at the preamble portion of the the \LaTeX{} source code. There you will find several commands that set certain variables in the class. \verb|\title|, \verb|\author|, \verb|\date|, and \verb|\degree| are all self-explanatory. \verb|\copyrightyear| is the year in which the document is submitted or defended and used for the copyright page. \verb|\doctype| is used to set what it is that you're submitting (e.g. a Master's \textit{Thesis}, a Ph.D. \textit{Dissertation}, a \textit{Praxis}, et cetera.) This command will directly copy into the appropriate slot so place whatever it is in there. You can even append ``Proposal'' if you are proposing the project rather than defending the final version. \verb|\department|, \verb|\school|, \verb|\university|, and \verb|\graduateorg| are used to set the various organizations you are submitting this document to. If you do not need to specify any of these, simply use the \verb|\relax| command as their input. These are all used to set the title page and copyright page. These commands, when combined with the typical \verb|\maketitlepage| command, will generate the title page and copyright page. 

Of specific note is the \verb|\committeemember| command. This is a custom command that takes the name of the committee member and their department as arguments. It will automatically format the text for you. You can call this command any number of times to add as many committee members as you have. The \verb|\advisor| command is similar, but it will also add a ``Advisor'' label to the end of the line and may only be used once. Appendix \ref{app:example-title-page} shows an example of how this should be formatted for Temple University, whereas the title page of this document contains all input fields and shows the order in which they are formatted to appear.

Everything else is handled with built in commands. The class definition provides the formatting of sections headers appropriately. The style guide provides for five levels of headings. All headings are numbered (e.g. Chapter 4, Section 4.1) with appendix level 1 headings lettered (e.g. Appendix A). The style guide permits two different heading styles, APA style which is available to every discipline, and ``hard sciences'' style. For the sake of appealing to the broadest possible group and not making this overly hard on myself, the APA style was selected. These headings are accessed via the commands shown in Table \ref{tab:heading-styles}. Note that table captions precede the table. Individual authors can choose to number or not number subsections using the asterisks versions of the section commands (e.g. \verb|\section*{}|). The class file will automatically number the sections for you and add them to the table of contents. Tables and Figures will automatically be added to their respective lists as well.
\begin{table}[ht]
  \centering
  \caption{Heading styles and their descriptions.}
  \begin{tabular}{|c|c|l|}
    \hline
    \textbf{Level} & \textbf{Command} & \textbf{Description} \\
    \hline
    1 & \verb|\chapter{}| & Chapter heading; Centered, Boldface, title case. \\
    2 & \verb|\section{}| & Section heading; flush left, boldface, title case. \\
    3 & \verb|\subsection{}| & Subsection heading; flush left, boldface italic, title case. \\
    4 & \verb|\subsubsection{}| & Subsubsection heading; indented, boldface, title case. \\
    5 & \verb|\paragraph{}| & Paragraph heading; indented, boldface italic, title case. \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \label{tab:heading-styles}
\end{table}

APA style dictates that all headings are in title case. This means that the first letter of the first word as well as the first letter of each word is capitalized, except for articles (a, an, the), prepositions (as, at, an, by, for, in, of, off, on, per, to, up, via), conjunctions (and, as, but, for, if, nor, or, so, yet), and ``to be'' verbs (be, am, is, are, was). The class file automatically handles this for you.

\section{Bibliography and Citations}
\LaTeX{} is great for managing citation. In the preamble portion of the source code you'll see the following two lines: \begin{center}
  \verb|\usepackage[style=apa]{biblatex}| \\
  \verb|\addbibresource{references.bib}|
\end{center} 

The style can be set to any style supported by \texttt{biblatex} (e.g. ``ieee''). The \texttt{references.bib} file is a BibTeX file that contains the references for the document. You can add your own references to this file, and \LaTeX{} will automatically generate the bibliography for you. I highly recommend using \texttt{biblatex} as it is a very powerful and flexible tool for managing references. Additionally, many online journals, conferences, and other sources will typically publish a desired or preferred citation in a BibTeX format. This makes it easy to add references to your document. 

To cite a source simply use \verb|\cite| or \verb|\parencite| and the key of the reference in the BibTeX file. For example, to cite the reference with the key \texttt{doe2023example} you would use \verb|\cite{doe2023example}| or \verb|\parencite{doe2023example}|. This will automatically generate the citation in the correct format for you. At the end of this document you will see \verb|\printbibliography| which will automatically generate the bibliography for you. 

\section{Block quotes}

Sometimes, you need to quote a very long passage of text. In this case, you can use the \texttt{quotation} and \texttt{singlespace} environments. This will indent the text and set it in a different font size. For example, the following code: \begin{singlespace}\begin{verbatim}
  \begin{quotation}
    \begin{singlespace}
      This is a quote from a paper. It should be indented. It should 
      be single spaced. It should not have quotation marks. This is 
      an example of how to format a very long quote of forty or more 
      words in \LaTeX{} according to the Temple University style 
      guide.
      \begin{flushright}
        \cite{doe2023example}
      \end{flushright}
    \end{singlespace}
  \end{quotation}
\end{verbatim}
\end{singlespace}
Will produce the following quotation when compiled:\begin{quotation}\begin{singlespace}This is a quote from a paper. It should be indented. It should be single spaced. It should not have quotation marks. This is an example of how to format a very long quote of forty or more words in \LaTeX{} according to the Temple University style guide.\begin{flushright}\cite{doe2023example}\end{flushright}
\end{singlespace}\end{quotation}

\section{Figures and Tables}
Figures are created using the \texttt{figure} environment along with the \texttt{includegraphics} command which is included in the class definition which requires the \texttt{graphicx} package. Figures, like tables as we've seen before are centered on the page and include a caption. Figures are captioned below the image, tables above the table. The following code produces a figure from an image file \texttt{example-image-a}. You can point \LaTeX{} to a source directory or include the file path. You don't need to include the file extension.\begin{singlespace}
  \begin{verbatim}
  \begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{example-image-a}
    \caption{An example figure.}
    \label{fig:example-image-a}
  \end{figure}
\end{verbatim}
\end{singlespace}

\begin{figure}[ht]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{example-image-a}
  \caption{An example figure.}
  \label{fig:example-image-a}
\end{figure}

Sometimes, and rather notoriously, figures and tables don't really appear where you want them, or where they are relative to other things in the source code. For instance Table \ref{tab:example-table} is defined after this paragraph in the source code. \LaTeX{} will always take care of the typesetting and placement, but you can cajole it to place things like tables, figures, et cetera where you define them by using the \texttt{ht} option: \verb|\begin{figure}[ht]| or \verb|\begin{table}[ht]|.
 \begin{table}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} % can be (c)enter, (l)eft, or (r)ight
    \hline
    A & B & C \\
    \hline
    1 & 2 & 3 \\
    4 & 5 & 6 \\
    7 & 8 & 9 \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{An example table.}
  \label{tab:example-table}
\end{table}

\section{Definitions, Lemmas, and Theorems}
Some disciplines, namely mathematics and physics, like to make use of specific formal acknowledgement for things like lemmas, propositions, definitions, notations, and the like. For example something like this: \begin{notation} We can make note of how we use symbols. \label{note:example}\end{notation} and we can even cross-references them such ``Recall Notation \ref{note:example}.'' These are defined as environments (e.g. \verb|\begin{notation}|) using the \verb|\newtheorem| command: \begin{singlespace}
\begin{verbatim}
\newtheorem{notation}{Notation}[chapter]
\newtheorem{rem}{Remark}[chapter]
\newtheorem{lem}{Lemma}[chapter]
\newtheorem{cor}{Corollary}[chapter]
\newtheorem{tem}{Theorem}[chapter]
\newtheorem{prop}{Proposition}[chapter]
\newtheorem{example}{Example}[chapter]
\newtheorem{define}{Definition}[chapter]
\end{verbatim}
\end{singlespace} This will create a new environment for each of these items. The \verb|[chapter]| option will number them according to the chapter they are in. For example, the first lemma in Chapter 2 will be numbered ``Lemma 2.1'' and the second will be ``Lemma 2.2''. The first lemma in Chapter 3 will be ``Lemma 3.1'' and so on.

These environment definitions are contained at the start of this document after \verb|\begin{document}|.

\section{Equations}
Equations are created using the \texttt{equation} environment. This will automatically number the equation for you. For example, the following code: \begin{singlespace}
  \begin{verbatim}  
  \begin{equation}
    E = mc^2
    \label{eq:example}
  \end{equation}
  \end{verbatim}\end{singlespace} Will produce the following equation when compiled: \begin{equation}
  E = mc^2
  \label{eq:example}
\end{equation} This will automatically number the equation for you. You can reference the equation using the \verb|\ref| command. For example, Equation \ref{eq:example} is an example of an equation.
Other than the specific environment instances noted in this chapter, everything else is automatically formatted for you. This formatting is demonstrated in the the next chapter.
\chapter{Headings examples}
\section{Section: This heading should be Flush Left, Boldface, and Title Case.}
This is a section heading. It should be flush left, boldface, and title case. The text should be indented at the start of a new paragraph, but not for the first paragraph in the section. The class template automatically takes care of the title case for you. The following words are excluded based on APA suggestions. 
\begin{itemize}
  \item \textbf{Articles}: a, an, the
  \item \textbf{Prepositions}: as, at, an, by, for, in, of, off, on, per, to, up, via
  \item \textbf{Conjunctions}: and, as, but, for, if, nor, or, so, yet
  \item \textbf{``Be'' verbs}: be, am, is, are, was
\end{itemize}

\subsection{Subsection: flush left, boldface italic, title case}
Paragraph text continues on the next line.

\subsubsection{Subsubsection: Indented, Boldface, Title Case Heading Ending with a Period.}
Paragraph text continues on the same line of the paragraph. Period should be included in the subsection title within the curly brackets.

\paragraph{Subsubsubsection: Indented, Italic, Title Case Heading Ending with a Period.} The paragraph text continues on the same line as the heading. This heading is access via the \verb|\paragraph| command. Again, the period should explicitly be included in the title contained within the curly brackets.

%% Bibliography
% \nocite{*}
\printbibliography{}

%% Appendices
\appendix
\renewcommand\chaptername{Appendix} % Converts from Chapter A to Appendix A
\chapter{Appendix Formatting}
Appendices are for including additional material that is not essential to the main body of the document, but is still relevant. This can include things like additional figures, tables, or code snippets. Appendices are numbered with letters (e.g. A, B, C, etc.) and are formatted like chapters. The \verb|\appendix| command will automatically change the chapter numbering to letters. To change the chapter names from ``chapter'' to ``appendix'' use \verb|\renewcommand{\chaptername}{Appendix}|. This line is included in the source template file right after the \verb|\appendix| command.
\section{Appendix Section}
Appendices can have sections, subsections, and subsubsections just like the main body of the document. The only difference is that the chapter number is replaced with a letter (e.g. A, B, C, etc.). The section numbers are still numbered as they are in the main body of the document (e.g. A.1, A.2, etc.).
\subsection{Appendix Subsection}
Appendix subsections are numbered as they are in the main body of the document (e.g. A.1.1, A.1.2, etc.).
\subsubsection{Appendix Subsubsection.}
Appendix subsubsections are like this.
\paragraph{Appendix Subsubsubsection.}
Appendix susubsubsections again use the paragraph command.

\chapter{Example Title and Copyright Pages for Temple University}
\label{app:example-title-page}
On the following pages are an example of the title page and copyright page for Temple University. The title page of this document contains a few extras demonstrating the additional features of the class. TU's specific guidance does not require the department and college notation. The document is submitted to the ``Graduate Board.'' Additionally note that in the actual dissertation (as is formatted above) front matter pages are numbered with Roman numerals and not Arabic ones. The class file automatically handles this for you.

\newpage{}
% Set thesis information
\title{My Fantastic Dissertation}
\author{James Brodovsky}        % Your name!
\date{April 2025}               % Graduation date specifically, Month and Year
\copyrightyear{2025}            % Copyright year, typically the same as graduation year
\doctype{Dissertation}          % Thesis, Dissertation, Praxis, etc. May also append with Proposal, eg: Thesis Proposal
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}   % Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, etc.
\department{\relax} % Department name, optional, e.g. Department of Mechanical Engineering
\school{\relax}  % School name, optional, e.g. College of Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Medical School, Law School
\university{Temple University}  % The name of your university
\graduateorg{Graduate Board}    % Graduate Board, Graduate School, etc.
% Committee information
%\advisor{Jane Doe}{Department of Mechanical Engineering}
%\committeemember{John Smith}{Department of Computer Science}
%\committeemember{Emily Black}{Department of Mechanical Engineering}
%\committeemember{Robert Johnson}{Department of Electrical Engineering}

\maketitlepage{}

\end{document}