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KIT IISM h-lab bachelor's, master's and seminar thesis

The thesis template of KIT's h-lab (Information Systems I, IISM, Faculty of Economics and Management) for bachelor's, master's and seminar theses: thesisclass.cls with title page, nomenclature and APA-style references.

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Category
Thesis
Document class
thesisclass (thesisclass.cls) — ships with TeX Live
Workflow
Thesis / dissertation — submissions and revision rounds
Author
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM), h-lab
Source
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM), h-lab
Licence
No licence is stated in the files. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM), h-lab distributes them for authors preparing a submission.

These are the publisher’s own files. This project starts from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM), h-lab’s package for this publication — their manuscript, their thesisclass.cls, their bibliography style — so what compiles here is what they would have given you.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM), h-lab serves this exact file to Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Check Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM), h-lab’s author pages for the current instructions.

What you get

  • figures/KITHeaderImage.png · 1039 KB
  • logos/IISMLogo_RGB.pdf · 7 KB
  • logos/KITLogo_EN_RGB.pdf · 6 KB
  • logos/win_logo_en.jpg · 105 KB
  • logos/win_logo_en_notext.jpg · 84 KB
  • text/abstract.tex · 125 B
  • text/affidavit.tex · 649 B
  • text/appendix.tex · 209 B
  • text/content.tex · 7 KB
  • text/genai_documentation.tex · 1 KB
  • text/prototype_agreement.tex · 414 B
  • thesis.bib · 659 B
  • thesis.tex — the file that is compiled · 4 KB
  • thesisclass.cls · 7 KB
  • titlepage.tex · 2 KB

These become your files. Editing them afterwards changes your project and nothing else — a project owns its files from the moment it is made.

Source

figures/KITHeaderImage.png — binary, 1039 KB

logos/IISMLogo_RGB.pdf — binary, 7 KB

logos/KITLogo_EN_RGB.pdf — binary, 6 KB

logos/win_logo_en.jpg — binary, 105 KB

logos/win_logo_en_notext.jpg — binary, 84 KB

text/abstract.tex · 125 B
\chapter*{Abstract}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract} 
%
This is where your abstract goes, if you choose to offer one.
text/affidavit.tex · 649 B
%% declaration.tex
%%

%% ==================
\chapter{Affidavit}
\label{ch:Affidavit}
%% ==================

Ich versichere hiermit wahrheitsgemäß, die Arbeit selbstständig verfasst und keine anderen als die angegebenen Quellen und Hilfsmittel benutzt, die wörtlich oder inhaltlich übernommenen Stellen als solche kenntlich gemacht und die Satzung des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT) zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis in der jeweils gültigen Fassung beachtet zu haben.

\vspace*{1cm}
\begin{flushright}
Karlsruhe, \submissiontime \hspace*{0.5cm} \rule{0.4\textwidth}{0.5pt} \\
\myname \hspace*{1.3cm}
\end{flushright}

text/appendix.tex · 209 B
%% appendix.tex
%%

\appendix

%% ==============================
\chapter*{Appendix}
\label{ch:Appendix}
%% ==============================

\section{First Appendix Section}
		
\setcounter{figure}{0}

\dots



text/content.tex · 7 KB
%% content.tex
%%

%% ==============================
\chapter{Introduction}
\label{ch:Introduction}
%% ==============================

This is a nice little introduction with a figure
\begin{figure}[htp]
\begin{center}
  \includegraphics[width = 0.5\textwidth]{figures/KITHeaderImage.png}
\caption{This is a caption}
\end{center}
\end{figure} 

Text citation: \citet{vombrocke2020special}

Parenthetical citation: \citep{vombrocke2020special}

Parenthetical citation with page number: \citep[p.~4711]{vombrocke2020special}

\dots

%% ==============
\chapter{Theoretical Foundations}
\label{ch:Foundations}
%% ==============

The content chapters of your thesis should of course be renamed. How many chapters you need to write depends on your thesis and cannot be said in general. 

Of course, you can split this .tex file into several files if you prefer. 


%% ===========================
\section{Section 1}
\label{ch:Foundations:sec:Section1}
%% ===========================

\dots

The abbreviation Information Systems (IS) \nomenclature{IS}{Information Systems} can be seen in the list of abbreviations.



%% ===========================
\section{Section 2}
\label{ch:Foundations:sec:Section2}
%% ===========================

\begin{table}[htb]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
\multicolumn{2}{c}{Item} \\
\cmidrule(r){1-2}
Animal    & Description & Price (\$) \\
\midrule
Gnat      & per gram    & 13.65      \\
          & each        & 0.01       \\
Gnu       & stuffed     & 92.50      \\
Emu       & stuffed     & 33.33      \\
Armadillo & frozen      & 8.99       \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{A table}
\end{table}


%% content.tex
%%

%% ==============
\chapter{Related Work}
\label{ch:RelatedWork}
%% ==============

\dots


%% ===========================
\section{Section 1}
\label{ch:RelatedWork:sec:Section1}
%% ===========================

\dots


%% ===========================
\section{Section 2}
\label{ch:RelatedWork:sec:Section2}
%% ===========================

\dots

Add additional content chapters if required. 

%% evaluation.tex
%%

%% ==================
\chapter{Methods}
\label{ch:Methods}
%% ==================

\dots

\dots


%% ===============================
\section{Section 1}
\label{ch:Methods:sec:Section1}
%% ===============================

\dots


%% ===============================
\section{Section 2}
\label{ch:Methods:sec:Section2}
%% ===============================

\dots

\dots


%% ===============================
\section{Section 3}
\label{ch:Methods:sec:Section3}
%% ===============================

\dots

\dots

\dots


%% ===============================
\section{Section 4}
\label{ch:Methods:sec:Section4}
%% ===============================

\dots

\dots

\dots

\dots

%% ===============================
\section{Section 5}
\label{ch:Methods:sec:Section5}
%% ===============================

\dots

\dots

\dots

\dots

%% ==================
\chapter{Results}
\label{ch:Results}
%% ==================

\dots

%% ==================
\chapter{Discussion}
\label{ch:Discussion}
%% ==================

\dots

%% ==================
\chapter{Conclusion}
\label{ch:Conclusion}
%% ==================

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text/genai_documentation.tex · 1 KB
%% genai_documentation.tex
%
%%
%
% ==================
\chapter{Exemplary (Generative) AI Usage Documentation}
\label{ch:GenAI}
%% ==================

\vspace{1cm}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{@{} p{2cm} p{2.8cm} p{2cm} p{2.8cm} p{3.5cm} @{}}
\toprule
\textbf{Section} & \textbf{Type of Activity} & \textbf{AI Tool} & \textbf{Prompt} & \textbf{Remark} \\ 
\midrule
All sections & Correction of grammatical errors & Grammarly & - & Accepted the grammatical corrections \\ 
\addlinespace
All sections & Translation of text passages & DeepL & - & Relied on translated text \\ 
\addlinespace
Section 1 - Introduction & Creation of practical challenges list & OpenAI GP-4o & "Name the top 5 practical challenges in the field ..." & Two practical challenges suggestions used, remaining challenges from other sources \\ 
\addlinespace
Section 2.3 – Related Work on ... & Summary creation of related work & OpenAI GP-4o & "Summarize the papers A, B, C, D in 6 sentences" & Initial summary created, but reworked based on own reading and understanding of the papers \\ 
\addlinespace
Figure 3 & Creation of visualization & OpenAI GP-4o & "Create a picture that ..." & 1:1 usage of the created picture \\ 
\addlinespace
Section 5 – Results & Data Analysis & OpenAI GP-4o & "Create code for a boxplot visualization ..." & Initial python code created \\ 
\addlinespace
Code & Code Generation & GitHub Copilot & - & Code suggestions leveraged \\ 
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

\label{tab:ai_usage}
text/prototype_agreement.tex · 414 B
%% prototype_agreement.tex
%
%% Only include if applicable!
%
% ==================
\chapter{Prototype Video Publication Agreement}
\label{ch:Agreement}
%% ==================

I hereby agree that the prototype video submitted by me may be published on the Internet.

\vspace*{1cm}
\begin{flushright}
Karlsruhe, \submissiontime \hspace*{0.5cm} \rule{0.4\textwidth}{0.5pt} \\
\myname \hspace*{1.3cm}
\end{flushright}
thesis.bib · 659 B
@article{vombrocke2020special,
    author       = {{vom Brocke}, Jan and Winter, Robert and Hevner, Alan and Maedche, Alexander},
    year         = {2020},
    title        = {Special Issue Editorial – Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research: A Journey Through Time and Space},
    volume       = {21},
    number       = {3},
    pages        = {Article 9/520-544},
    journal      = {Journal of the Association for Information Systems},
    doi          = {10.17705/1jais.00611},
    publisher    = {{Association for Information Systems (AIS)}},
    issn         = {1536-9323, 1558-3457},
    language     = {english}
}
thesis.tex — the file that is compiled · 4 KB
\documentclass{thesisclass}

%% -------------------------------
%% |    h-lab Thesis Template       |
%% -------------------------------
%% Further additions by:
%%   Philipp Stroehle, IM, 2013 
%%   Jasper Feine, h-lab, 2018
%%   Merlin Knaeble, h-lab, 2020-2022
%%   Shi Liu, h-lab, 2024
%% firstname.lastname "at" kit.edu

%% Notes:
%% Language switch after \begin{document}

% Based on thesisclass.cls of Timo Rohrberg, 2009
% ----------------------------------------------------------------
% Thesis - Main document
% ----------------------------------------------------------------

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}

%% ---------------------------------
%% |      Additional packages      |
%% ---------------------------------
%% 

\usepackage{graphicx}
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.png,.jpg}
\graphicspath{{./figures/}} %Use curly braces for each path to add and don't forget trailing slash '/'
% \usepackage{epstopdf} %Nice to automatically convert eps figures to pdf format  (from inkscape, etc)
\usepackage[style=apa, backend=biber, natbib=true, hyperref=true, uniquelist=true, language=american]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{thesis.bib}
\usepackage{booktabs}

%% ---------------------------------
%% | Needed for the List of Abbreviations |
%% ---------------------------------
\usepackage{nomencl}
\renewcommand{\nomname}{List of Abbreviations}
\setlength{\nomlabelwidth}{.40\hsize}
\renewcommand{\nomlabel}[1]{#1 \dotfill}
\setlength{\nomitemsep}{-\parsep}
\makenomenclature
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\newcommand{\markup}[1]{\uline{#1}}




%% ---------------------------------
%% | Information about the thesis  |
%% ---------------------------------

% uncomment one of the following, according to your thesis
\newcommand{\mytype}{Bachelor's Thesis} 
%\newcommand{\mytype}{Master's Thesis}
%\newcommand{\mytype}{Seminar Thesis}

\newcommand{\myname}{Vorname Nachname}
\newcommand{\matricle}{1234567}
\newcommand{\mytitle}{Title}
\newcommand{\mytitleger}{Deutscher Titel}
\newcommand{\myinstitute}{Institute for Information Systems (WIN) \\Information Systems I | human-centered systems lab (h-lab)}


\newcommand{\reviewerone}{Prof. Dr. Alexander Maedche}
\newcommand{\advisor}{Vorname Nachname}

\newcommand{\submissiontime}{DD.MM.20XX}

%% -------------------------------
%% |  Information for PDF file   |
%% -------------------------------
\hypersetup{
 pdfauthor={\myname},
 pdftitle={\mytitle},
 pdfsubject={\mytype},
 pdfkeywords={\mytype}
}


%% --------------------------------
%% | Settings for word separation |
%% --------------------------------
% Describe separation hints here:
\hyphenation{
opos-sum
he-lio-trope
}


%% ------------------------
%% |    Including files   |
%% ------------------------
% Only files listed here will be included!
% Userful command for partially translating the document (for bug-fixing e.g.)
\includeonly{
titlepage,
text/abstract,
text/content,  %feel free to introduce additional files for structuring your thesis
text/affidavit,
text/prototype_agreement,
text/genai_documentation,
text/appendix
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Here, main documents begins %%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\include{titlepage}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\include{text/abstract}

% ISSD Style: No additional blank page
% \blankpage


%% -------------------
%% |   Directories   |
%% -------------------
\tableofcontents

% ISSD Style: No additional blank page
% \blankpaage

% You may elect not to include a list of figures, list of tables and list of abbreviations, if the work is a seminar thesis (comment out the following)
\listoffigures \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures} 
\listoftables  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables} 
\printnomenclature   \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Abbreviations} 


%% -----------------
%% |   Main part   |
%% -----------------
\mainmatter
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\include{text/content}


\backmatter
\pagenumbering{Roman}


%% --------------------
%% |   Bibliography   |
%% --------------------

\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\bibname}
\printbibliography

%% ----------------
%% |   Appendix   |
%% ----------------

\input{text/appendix}

\include{text/affidavit}
\include{text/prototype_agreement}
\include{text/genai_documentation}

\end{document}
thesisclass.cls · 7 KB
%% LaTeX2e class for diploma theses
%% Based on wissdoc.cls by Roland Bless, 1996-2001
%% [email protected]
%%
%% Adapted by: Timo Rohrberg, 2009
%% [email protected]
%%
%% Additions by: Thorsten Haberecht, IPD - Chair Prof. Böhm, 2010
%% [email protected]


\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}										% We do need LaTeX2e
\ProvidesClass{thesisclass}
\LoadClass[a4paper,11pt,titlepage,openany,oneside]{scrbook}	% Class based on scrbook
% IM Style: Add openany,oneside to avoid blank pages after every chapter

%\RequirePackage{ngerman}										% New german orthography



%% -------------------------------
%% |          Packages           |
%% -------------------------------

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Input in ISO 8859-1 (Latin1)

\usepackage{ae}               % Almost european, virtual T1-Font
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage{vmargin}          % Adjust margins in a simple way
\usepackage{fancyhdr}         % Define simple headings
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{algorithm}		  % Code-Listings
\usepackage{algorithmic}	  % Code-Listings
% see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/algorithm2e/algorithm2e.pdf
% for more sophisticated algorithm listings

\usepackage[raiselinks=true,
						bookmarks=true,
						bookmarksopenlevel=1,
						bookmarksopen=true,
						bookmarksnumbered=true,
						hyperindex=true,
						plainpages=false,
						pdfpagelabels=true,
						pdfborder={0 0 0.5},
						colorlinks=false,						
						linkbordercolor={0 0.61 0.50},   
						citebordercolor={0 0.61 0.50}]{hyperref}  %{0.57 0.74 0.57}
						
%% IM Packages
\usepackage{setspace} % 1.5 line spacing
\onehalfspacing

%\usepackage{natbib} % Bibliography style

%% --- End of Packages ---



%% -------------------------------
%% |        Declarations         |
%% -------------------------------
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.svg}
%% --- End of Declarations ---



%% -------------------------------
%% |         New commands        |
%% -------------------------------
\newcommand{\changefont}[3]{\fontfamily{#1} \fontseries{#2} \fontshape{#3} \selectfont}
%\renewcommand*{\headfont}{\slshape}
%\newcommand{\captionfont}{}
\newcommand{\chapterheadfont}{}
\newcommand{\blankpage}{
 \clearpage{\pagestyle{empty}\cleardoublepage}
}
%% --- End of New Commands ---



%% -------------------------------
%% |      Globale Settings       |
%% -------------------------------
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} % Numbering also for \subsubsections
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}    % Register \subsubsections in content directory

\setpapersize{A4}
\setmarginsrb{3cm}{1cm}{3cm}{1cm}{6mm}{7mm}{5mm}{15mm}

\parindent 0cm                     % Do not indent beginning of paragraph
\parskip1.5ex plus0.5ex minus0.5ex % Margin between paragraphs
%% --- End of global Settings ---



%% -------------------------------
%% |          Headings           |
%% -------------------------------
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\thechapter.\ #1}{}}
\fancyhf{}
%\fancyhead[LE,RO]{{\headfont\thepage}}						% Left/right header for even/odd pages
%\fancyhead[LO]{\headfont\nouppercase{\rightmark}}	% Header for left page (odd)
%\fancyhead[RE]{\headfont\nouppercase{\leftmark}}	% Header for right page (even)
\fancyhead[R]{\headfont\nouppercase{\rightmark}}   % Header for onesided Version
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
\fancyhf{}													% No Header and Footer fields
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
}
%% --- End of Headings ---



%% -------------------------------
%% |      Style of captions      |
%% -------------------------------
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{}

\renewcommand{\section}{%
\@startsection{section}%
{1}		% Structure level
{0mm}	% Indention
{2ex plus 1ex minus 1ex}			% Pre-Margin
{0.5ex plus 0.5ex minus 0.5ex}		% Post-Margin
{\chapterheadfont\Large\bfseries}	% Style
}
\renewcommand{\subsection}{%
\@startsection{subsection}%
{2}		% Structure level
{0mm}	% Indention
{1.5ex plus 1ex minus 0.5ex}		% Pre-Margin
{0.3ex plus 0.3ex minus 0.3ex}		% Post-Margin
{\chapterheadfont\large\bfseries}	% Style
}
\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{%
\@startsection{subsubsection}%
{3}		% Structure level
{0mm}	% Indention
{1.5ex plus 1ex minus 0.5ex}			% Pre-Margin
{0.2ex plus 0.2ex minus 0.2ex}			% Post-Margin
{\chapterheadfont\normalsize\bfseries}	% Style
}
\renewcommand{\paragraph}{%
\@startsection{paragraph}%
{4}		% Structure level
{0mm}	% Indention
{1.3ex plus 1ex minus 0.3ex}			% Pre-Margin
{0.2ex plus 0.2ex minus 0.2ex}			% Post-Margin
{\chapterheadfont\normalsize\bfseries}	% Style
}
\renewcommand{\subparagraph}{%
\@startsection{subparagraph}%
{5}		% Structure level
{0mm}	% Indention
{1ex plus 1ex minus 0.2ex}				% Pre-Margin
{0.1ex plus 0.1ex minus 0.1ex}			% Post-Margin
{\chapterheadfont\normalsize\bfseries}	% Style
}
%% --- End of captions style ---



%% ---------------------------------
%% |   Style of chapter captions   |
%% ---------------------------------
\newlength{\chapnolen}
\newlength{\chapparlen}
\newsavebox{\chapno}
\renewcommand{\@makechapterhead}[1]{
  %\vspace*{0.2\textheight}
  %\vskip 15\p@
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \savebox{\chapno}{\chapterheadfont\huge\bfseries \thechapter.}
        \settowidth{\chapnolen}{\usebox{\chapno}}
        \parbox[t]{\chapnolen}{\usebox{\chapno}}\nobreak\leavevmode
      \fi
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@MM
    \setlength{\chapparlen}{\textwidth}
    \addtolength{\chapparlen}{-1.0\chapnolen}
    \addtolength{\chapparlen}{-2ex}
    \leavevmode\nobreak
    \parbox[t]{\chapparlen}{\raggedright\chapterheadfont\huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak}
    %\vskip 40\p@
  }}

\renewcommand{\@makeschapterhead}[1]{
  \vspace*{50\p@}
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright
    \normalfont
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \chapterheadfont \huge \bfseries  #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }
}
%% --- End of chapter captions style ---



%% ---------------------------------
%% |  Style of content directory   |
%% ---------------------------------
\let\oldtableofcontents\tableofcontents
\renewcommand{\tableofcontents}{{\pdfbookmark{\contentsname}{\contentsname}\chapterheadfont\oldtableofcontents}}
\let\@olddottedtocline\@dottedtocline
\renewcommand{\@dottedtocline}[5]{\@olddottedtocline{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{\chapterheadfont #5}}
%% --- End of content directory style ---


%% ----------------------------------
%% |  Style of appendix numbering   |
%% ----------------------------------
 \renewcommand\appendix{\par 
   \setcounter{section}{0}% 
   \setcounter{subsection}{0}% 
   \setcounter{figure}{0}%
   \renewcommand\thesection{\Alph{section}}% 
   \renewcommand\thefigure{\Alph{section}.\arabic{figure}} 
   \renewcommand\thetable{\Alph{section}.\arabic{table}}}
%% --- End of appenix numbering style ---


%% **** END OF CLASS ****
titlepage.tex · 2 KB
%% titlepage.tex
%%

% coordinates for the bg shape on the titlepage
\newcommand{\diameter}{20}
\newcommand{\xone}{-15}
\newcommand{\xtwo}{160}
\newcommand{\yone}{15}
\newcommand{\ytwo}{-253}

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			At the Department of Economics and Management
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	KIT -- The Research University in the Helmholtz Association
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	\textbf{www.kit.edu} 
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