WASHINGTON - The academic department at George Washington University on Wednesday announced an exciting new lineup of courses centered around distinctly American studies, including America’s pastime, as well as infamous rock ‘n’ roll legend John Cougar Mellencamp.

“Look, we’re not communists. We’re Americans,” explained a professor in the department, “and as such, we just love the Cougar.”

An additional course, Early American Fruit Pastry History, will charter the prominent events leading to and following from the creation of apple pie, all the way through to the Civil War.

The baseball courses, The Home Run Derby and the American Character, as well as Impacts of the Presidential First Pitch, are to be taught by “The Hammer” himself, Hank Aaron.

Jack & Diane & Reagan’s America, the Mellencamp course, is naturally being taught by the rock god himself.

“Really it was always intended a searing indictment of the sociopolitical environment of America during wartime,” explained Professor Mellencamp, “One really must take into account Raskolnikov’s nietzscheism when considering the motivations of the composition as a potential influential factor.”

The department has indicated plans for additional all-American courses to be taught beginning next year on subjects ranging from Jerry Lewis to Matlock.