“…Just as architecture before it, interior design has developed steps that define attainment of minimum competency to practice the profession, as the public's life, health, safety, and welfare are at stake (AIA, 2005;AIA & NCARB, 1994;ARIDO, n.d.a;ASID, 2005a;Birdsong & Lawlor, 2001;Boyle, 1977;Cuff, 1991;IIDA, 2007a). The interior design profession commonly refers to the core of this seven step process (Martin, 1998) as "the three Es," or, education, experience, and examination (Fitzpatrick, 2007;Harwood, 1991Harwood, , 2006Martin & Guerin, 2006). Interior design students learn that they are in the first phase of this career process (Piotrowski, 2003(Piotrowski, , 2007, and this progression is subsequently well known to professional interior designers (Birdsong & Lawlor, 2001).…”