Lets start by discussing the structure of the course, PHY560. This course is an introduction to nuclear physics, with graduate level quantum mechanics as a prerequisite. The text for the course is Introductor Nuclear Physics by Samuel S. M. Wong, and can be purchased at the UW bookstore. You will find it very helpful to have other texts, beside this one to refer to during the quarter. On the PHY560 web page (which is linked into the Physics Dept. homepage, and also to my home page) I have listed a few reasonably good books, and I may add more as time goes by. There will be assignments distributed every week that I expect you to complete and turn into me the following week for grading. The course grade will be determined by these assignments.