To use the iuthesis document class, download the following two files: iuthesis.ins iuthesis.dtx Run latex directly on iuthesis.ins. This will create two files: iuthesis.cls and iuthesis.tex. The former is the class file; put it in the same directory as your thesis, or in some directory latex will look in for input files. Run latex on the latter file to get documentation. You will have to print the documentation file, as there is a rotated figure in it that xdvi cannot reproduce properly.