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%PAGE SIZE
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

%2014-01-14 Disallow use of "chapter" for proposal sections
%  (this created problems)
%\def\chapter{\section}

%SPACING:
% For some environments we switch back to single-spacing, also
% provides \dsp in case you need double-spacing where single-spacing
% is otherwise used.
\def\ssp{\def\baselinestretch{1.0}\large\normalsize}
\def\dsp{\def\baselinestretch{1.67}\large\normalsize}


%    ****************************************
%    *             FRONT MATTER             *
%    ****************************************

%
% DECLARATIONS
%
% These macros are used to declare arguments needed for the
% construction of the front matter.  

% The year the degree will be officially conferred
\def\degreeyear#1{\gdef\@degreeyear{#1}}

% The full (unabbreviated) name of the degree
\def\degree#1{\gdef\@degree{#1}}

% The name of your thesis committee chair
\def\chair#1{\gdef\@chair{#1}}

% The names of your other committe members, one per line
\def\secondreader#1{\gdef\@secondreader{#1}}
\def\thirdreader#1{\gdef\@thirdreader{#1}}
\def\fourthreader#1{\gdef\@fourthreader{#1}}
\def\fifthreader#1{\gdef\@fifthreader{#1}}
\def\sixthreader#1{\gdef\@sixthreader{#1}}

% The name of your degree field (e.g. Economics, Computer Science)
\def\degreefield#1{\gdef\@degreefield{#1}}


% ********************************************************
% ************* BEGIN: TITLE PAGE  ***********************
% ******************************************************** 

%%% Define the fonts that will be used in the front matter headings
\def\fmfont{\fontsize\@xiipt{14.5}\selectfont}
\def\fmsmallfont{\fontsize\@xiipt{10pt}\selectfont}

%AI: CAS wants exactly 2 inch top margin on title page
%AI: if you see something else, try fiddling with the numbers
\newcommand{\biggertopmargin}{%
\ifnum \@ptsize = 0 \vspace*{28bp} \fi
\ifnum \@ptsize = 1 \vspace*{27bp} \fi             %AI: changed to fit page
\ifnum \@ptsize = 2 \vspace*{26bp} \fi        %AI: changed to fit page
}

%%% Define the title page environment         %AI: added 20050713
\renewenvironment{titlepage}
    {%
\setcounter{page}{1}%                         %AI: superfluous, I believe
\let\footnotesize\small%
\let\footnoterule\relax%
\clearpage\biggertopmargin%
\thispagestyle{empty}
    }%
    {\setcounter{footnote}{0}
    }

%%% Define 'maketitle'
%%% \maketitle outputs the complete titlepage.
%%% It requires the above font macros and titlepage environment.
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%%begin: maketitle def
\begin{titlepage}
{\centering\dsp%                                                 % change from ssp to dsp for title
\fmfont\bfseries \uppercase\expandafter{\@title}\par}  % typeset TITLE of the Dissertation
{\centering\ssp%                                                    % switch back to single space (ssp)
\setlength{\parskip}{0.75\baselineskip}
\fmsmallfont by \par {\@author}                        % typeset AUTHOR name in small font
\par
Proposal submitted to the \par                              
Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences \par   
of American University \par                        
in Partial Fulfillment of \par                     
the Requirements for the Degree \par               
of {\@degree} \par
in \par
{\@degreefield}\par
}

\vspace{0.5in}


%%% Approval lines.
% ABC  I did this with the tabular environment because
% ABC  it seemed a lot easier, given the AU requirement of having the 
% ABC  professor names under the signature line. 
%AI: switch to tabular* in order to span page
{%%begin approval lines
\ssp
\parindent\z@ 
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}} l r r l l l r }
 &          & Chair: &                             & & &\\\cline{4-7}
 &          &        & {\@chair}                   & & &\\
 &          &        &                             & & &\\
 &          &        &                             & & &\\ \cline{4-7}
 &          &        & {\@secondreader}            & & &\\
 &          &      &                             & & &\\
 &          &      &                             & & &\\ \cline{4-7}
 &          &      & {\@thirdreader}             & & &\\
 &          &      &                             & & &\\ \cline{1-2}
\small{Dean, College of Arts and Sciences} & & & & & \\ 
 &          &                             & & &\\
                                            & & & & & \\ \cline{1-2}
 \small{Date}                               & & & & & \\
\end{tabular*}
}%%end approval lines

\vfill
 
{\ssp\centering
{\@degreeyear} \par 
American University \par
Washington, D.C. 20016 \par} 
%\thispagestyle{empty}%
\end{titlepage}
\clearpage
}%%end: maketitle def



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% *************** END: TITLE PAGE  ***********************
% ******************************************************** 


% ********************************************************
% **************  FRONTMATTER environment  ***************
% ********************************************************
%
% The FRONTMATTER environment makes sure that page numbering is set
% correctly (roman, lower-case, starting at 2) for the front matter
% that follows the copyright page.  It also resets page-numbering for
% the remainder of the dissertation (arabic, starting at 1).

\newenvironment{frontmatter}
{\setcounter{page}{2}\renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}}}
{\newpage\renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{page}}\setcounter{page}{1}}