Asset mapping is a relatively new data collection strategy to identify services, staff capacity, programs, resources, values, and other protective factors in a geographic area that can be juxtaposed to risk factors when initiating community planning. A substance abuse prevention course for undergraduates added an assignment of assessing community needs using asset mapping. When completed, the asset map was shared with the off-campus substance abuse prevention coalition which allowed students the experience of consulting while bridging theory and practice. The purpose of this article is to outline the process and benefits for infusing a community assignment, asset mapping, into substance abuse prevention course content.