Ph.D. Oral Exam Programme

When you are about to defend your Ph.D thesis, you, yes you, have to make that little program(me) that Grad Studies distributes. Thanks to Gerda for making a LaTeX version and passing on an annotated copy for distribution.

Here is the tex source called programme.tex which you can File/Save As...

Notes about programme.tex:

  1. This files assumes the programme will be printed in landscape rather than portrait mode, on standard 8.5 by 11 inch paper.
  2. You latex this file in the usual way. To convert to PostScript, you need to tell dvips that you want the output to be in landscape mode. Use 
    dvips -o programme.ps -t landscape programme.dvi
    and then use Ghostview to view the output as usual: 
    ghostview programme.ps
  3. This programme is produced with left and right margins of 0.5 inches. If you want to adjust the margins to x inches, you need to make the following adjustments in the preamble. (You have to work out the math, here. Ahh, life is tough...) 
    \textwidth= 11-2x in
\oddsidemargin= x-1 in
\columnsep= 2x in
    To get the right length for the nice horizontal line after the thesis abstract, use 
    \rule{ (11-2x)/2 in}{0.5mm}
  4. Grad Studies suggests that `program' on the first page should be spelled as `programme'. You may wish to do the same.
  5. You may wish to adjust the pagination. For example, the publication list could start on page 3 if space permits.
  6. Some \vspaces are optional, as indicated by the comments in the source immediately preceding them.
  7. Consult the booklet THE FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION available from Graduate Studies for further details. For example, the supervisory committee does not need to be specified if all members are present at the examination and listed on the first page.

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Peter Newbury e-mail: newbury@math.ubc.ca
Last update: 14 August 1995