A simple LaTeX document class for a prospectus

myprospectus.tex

\documentclass{prospectus}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % looks better than default font encoding
\usepackage{lmodern} % need a newer font to work with T1 font encoding

\usepackage{graphicx} % for including images

% standard document info
\title{My Prospectus Title}
\author{My Name}
\date{\today}

% school info
\department{Department of Awesome}
\institution{Prestigious University}

% add your school or department logo here
% \logo{\includegraphics[width=2.5in]{logo.pdf}}

% accepts an arbitrary number of committee members; just add a new entry for each
\committeemember{Professor Name, Chair}
\committeemember{Professor Name}
\committeemember{Professor Name}

\begin{document}
\maketitle % create the title page
\approvalpage % create the approvals page

% use standard LaTeX typesetting for the remainder of the document

\section{Introduction}
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\section{Another Section}
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\end{document}

prospectus.cls

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{prospectus}[2015/03/20 v0.1 Simple prospectus class]
\LoadClass[12pt,letterpaper]{article}

\RequirePackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}
\RequirePackage{lmodern}

\RequirePackage[hang,small,bf]{caption}

\RequirePackage{etoolbox}

\def\@department{\relax}
\newcommand{\department}[1]{\gdef\@department{#1}}

\def\@institution{\relax}
\newcommand{\institution}[1]{\gdef\@institution{#1}}

\newcommand*{\@committeelist}{}
\newcommand*{\committeemember}[1]{\listadd{\@committeelist}{#1}}

\def\@logo{}
\newcommand{\logo}[1]{\gdef\@logo{#1}}

\renewcommand{\@maketitle}{%
    \begin{titlepage}
    \begin{center}
    \vspace*{\fill}
    {\Large \textbf{\@title}}\\[0.25in]
    \vspace{0.5in}
    \large
    by\\[0.25in]\@author\\[1.0in]
    A prospectus submitted to the faculty of\\
    \@department \\
    \@institution \\
    \vspace{1.0in}
    \@date
    \vspace*{\fill}
    \end{center}
    \end{titlepage}
    \normalsize
}

\newcommand*{\@signatureline}[1]{%
	\parbox[b][0.8in]{2in}{\makebox[2in]{\hrulefill} \\ \hspace*{2pt}#1}
	\hspace{1in}
	\parbox[b][0.8in]{2in}{\makebox[2in]{\hrulefill} \\ \hspace*{2pt}Date}\par
}

\newcommand{\@approvalpage}[1][]{%
    \thispagestyle{empty}
    \vspace*{\fill}
    \ifdefempty{\@logo}{}{%
        \begin{center}
        \@logo
        \end{center}
        \vspace{0.5in}
    }
    \begin{center}
    {\Large Prospectus Approval}\\[0.5in]
    \end{center}
    \hspace*{0.47in}
    \begin{minipage}[c]{5.25in}
    Prospectus submitted by:\\
    \@signatureline{\@author}
    \vspace{0.4in}
    This prospectus has been approved by each member of the Graduate Committee:\par
    \forlistloop{\@signatureline}{\@committeelist}
    \end{minipage}
    \vspace*{\fill}
}

\renewcommand{\maketitle}{\@maketitle}
\newcommand{\approvalpage}{%
    \@approvalpage[\@logo]
    \newpage
    \addtocounter{page}{-1}
}