Abstract: Western economics course is a professional basic course for students majoring in economics and information management, its teaching effect directly affects the subsequent learning of other professional courses of students, the article is based on the questionnaire survey of sophomore students of the School of Economics and Information Management of Lanzhou Bowen Institute of Technology, to understand the real situation of students learning western economics course, find out the course in the teaching content, teaching methods, course assessment and other aspects of the existing problems, on this basis, a new model for innovative reform of western economics courses has been proposed to enhance students'learning efficiency and innovation ability in the course, and cultivate new talents who meet the needs of the modern economy.

Key words: Questionnaire survey, Western economics, Innovative talents, Curriculum reform, Mode selection, Measure