Abstract: "Higher Mathematics" is a compulsory basic course for engineering majors in application-oriented universities and colleges. It provides students with necessary basic knowledge of mathematics for following mathematics courses and professional courses. Based on the teaching practice of higher mathematics courses for computer majors in Wanjiang College of Anhui Normal University, this paper carries out teaching reform from teaching contents,teaching mode and evaluation methods of students’achievements, aiming at improving the quality of classroom teaching and teaching effect. Finally, the data before and after the teaching reform are given to illustrate the effect of the curriculum reform.

Key words: Higher mathematics, Teaching reform, Teaching contents, Teaching effect