Abstract: Practice teaching is important in the teaching plan of undergraduate water supply and drainage science and engineering major, and the quality of practice courses is directly related to the quality of talent cultivation. In order to further enhance the teaching quality of cognition practice, production practice, and graduation practice, taking the practice teaching work of the water supply and drainage science and engineering major in Xi'an University of Science and Technology in recent years as examples, this paper summarizes the experience of practice teaching and reform, proposes teaching innovation methods such as strengthening the construction and management of practice bases, improving course quality evaluation methods, fully using internal and external practice resources, and absorbing modern educational technology and beneficial achievements, which can be used as a reference for subsequent teaching.

Key words: Water supply and drainage science and engineering, Practice teaching, Teaching reform, Teaching innovation, Characteristics of the coal industry, First class major