Abstract: The course of data structure and algorithm analysis is the core basic course of big data majors in universities, and is an important basis for cultivating innovative and entrepreneurial talents. To improve students’ability of innovation and entrepreneurship, the teaching reform of data structure and algorithm analysis course is explored by the innovation and entrepreneurship projects. There are four contents in this teaching reform, including the planning the curriculum objectives, arranging the curriculum content, designing the curriculum teaching, and arranging the curriculum practice. Further, this teaching reform aims to assist the students of the big data major to cultivate the innovative and entrepreneurial thinking to analyze the data by building models, and enhance the innovative and entrepreneurial awareness to process the data by designing algorithms, then improve the innovative and entrepreneurial ability to serve the development on big data of China.

Key words: Innovation and entrepreneurship projects, Data structure and algorithm analysis course, Big data major, Teaching reform, Higher education, Talent cultivation