We have transfer and articulation agreements with Vassar, Middlebury, and other liberal arts colleges. Our workload is 27 hours, not credits, per year. I should add that the majority of us use literature of some sort in all our writing courses, including the basic skills courses. I should also add that after you are here for a while you will probably get to teach an elective or two each year if we can get the enrollment for them. In fact, one of our new assistant professors is teaching African-American lit this semester.
Class sizes are a constant struggle between the dept.
Currently our basic skills classes are around a horrendous 25 or so. This could include classes with many if not most ESL students. Composition is 32-35. But these numbers have been steadily ascending for the last 20 years. NCTE standards are unknown to our administration.