Welcome to the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs!
     The Provost is the university’s chief academic officer and, as such, is responsible for ensuring the integrity and excellence of academic activities at California State University San Marcos.   The deans of the colleges, extended learning, graduate studies, instructional and information technology services, and library report to the provost, as  do the academic associate vice presidents and the university’s director of global education.
     The provost serves as a member of the President’s Executive Council, President’s Cabinet, and North County Higher Education Alliance (NCHEA), chairs the Academic Affairs Leadership Council (AALC) and University Computing and Telecommunications Committee (UCTC), co-chairs the University Budget Committee (UBC), and is an ex-officio member of the Academic Senate.

Provost Profile
     Emily F. Cutrer became Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at CSU San Marcos in July 2006.   She has held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Texas at Austin and Arizona State University, where she was most recently Dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.  She received her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and her scholarly interests are in American cultural history and American visual culture.