LyX ⇒ Adding a custom Class Template

[iammaxus]

I am trying to add a custom .cls template to use in LyX, but seem to be having some trouble. I've attached the .cls, .layout, .tex and .lyx files. Note that I made this .layout file from instructions I found on the web, so it may be the problem. This is under Windows 7

I put the .cls under C:\Users\max\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\tex\latex and ran texhash
I put the .layout under C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX20\Resources\layouts

When I compile under LyX, I get "Undefined control sequence" errors on basically every command defined in the .cls (\prevdegrees, \department, etc). But, I do believe LyX has found my .cls, because when the .cls wasn't in the right place, I got errors about not being able to find it. Additionally, when the compiled directly through pdflatex, it seems to work fine. Seems to be that LyX is just having a problem in generating the correct command for pdflatex.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Max