The course utilized a community-based learning approach requiring students to work in an actual organization for at least 135 hours in a semester and lead a group of people towards the completion of specified goals and initiatives. Students secured their internships and signed contracts of agreement with internship site supervisors stipulating their intention to intern during the semester. These contracts and an internship proposal were submitted to the instructional team for approval and feedback. The proposal required a detailed description of (a) the setting or organization in which the internship took would take place; (b) the initiates in which the student would assume a leadership role; (c) achievable initiative outcomes; (d) a plan for monitoring goal progress; (e) a preliminary plan for leading followers; and (f) personal leadership goals. Students with approved proposals were permitted to move forward in the course.