Here's the tentative week-by-week schedule of what COMP496/901 covers in semester 2, 2009. This is open to some minor changes as the unit progresses, so that the material can be tailored to the needs of the class. All sessions are held from 11am to 1pm in room E6A357 on Tuesdays (except Tuesday 4 August, in E6A352).
| Week # | Topic Area and Link to Slides | Date | Lecturer |
| 1 | Presentation 101: Basics You Need to Know + sample | Tuesday 4th August, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 2 | Student Presentations | Tuesday 11th August, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 3 | Writing Skills #1: Document Microstructure | Tuesday 18th August, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 4 | Viewing of Student Presentations | Tuesday 25th August, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 5 | Writing Skills #2: Document Macrostructure and An Introduction to LaTeX | Tuesday 1st September, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 6 | Methodology and Evaluation #1 | Tuesday 8th September, 2009 | Len Hamey |
| 7 | Methodology and Evaluation #2 | Tuesday 15th September, 2009 | Len Hamey |
| 8 | Doing a PhD (slides by Prof Peter Eades, USyd) | Tuesday 6th October, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 9 | Reviewing | Tuesday 13th October, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 10 | Ethics | Tuesday 20th October, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 11 | Writing a Thesis (notes from Monash University) Also, a link to the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award and a past honours thesis |
Tuesday 27th October, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 12 | Time Management | Tuesday 3rd November, 2009 | Mark Dras |
| 13 | Student Presentations | Tuesday 10th November, 2009 | Mark Dras |