公共艺术教育是普通高校大学生文化素质教育的重要内容,是提高大学生综合素质,建立大学校园健康社交环境,促进思想交流、品格完善和陶冶情操的有效方法,有利于大学生身心和谐健康发展。近几年,我国各高校大都意识到开设音乐欣赏课程的重要性,然而传统的教学方式却无法让学生对这门课程产生兴趣,因此学校开设这门课程的目的也就无法实现。针对这一问题,本文着重就音乐欣赏课程的作用、教学方法的改革创新的必要性以及主要途径与方法等几方面进行了探析。 Public art education is an important content of college students ’cultural quality education in colleges and universities. It is an effective way to improve college students’ overall quality, establish a healthy social environment on campus, promote ideological communication, perfect personality and mold sentiments. It is conducive to the harmonious and healthy development of undergraduates. In recent years, most colleges and universities in our country are aware of the importance of offering music appreciation courses. However, the traditional teaching methods can not make students interested in this course. Therefore, the purpose of this course can not be achieved. In response to this problem, this article focuses on the music appreciation course, the necessity of reform and innovation of teaching methods as well as the main ways and methods were analyzed.