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About the EPC

The Emerging Professional’s Companion was launched in August 2004 to provide a comprehensive professional development tool for emerging architecture professionals. The reality-based approach to developing the EPC was meant to ensure it would address intern needs for completing specific IDP training areas. Including this concrete purpose, the Companion is intended to help the AIA and NCARB accomplish the following:

• Support interns in the IDP process, particularly in gaining credit
• Encourage emerging professionals to develop practice competence through design excellence and innovation
• Increase support, involvement, and mentoring of firms, supervisors and mentors
• Allow for greater personalization of experience within a reliable structure
• Create a resource that is stimulating, affordable, flexible, readily available, and easy to update