艺术设计专业教育近些年发展迅速。但是由于高职院校的生源专业素质相对普通本科院校较为薄弱,加之传统的、类似美术课的教学观念、教学方法已根深蒂固,设计专业的教育模式、教学方式发展相对滞后,高职院校艺术设计专业面临严峻的挑战。该专业的课程改革势在必行。本文拟从提升生源素质,努力培养学生专业兴趣;转变教师教学观念,尝试项目化教学;拓展专业内涵,提倡地方特色融入专业教学等几方面进行探讨和研究,以期引起对高职院校艺术设计专业发展的关注及深入思考。 Art design education has developed rapidly in recent years. However, due to the fact that the professional quality of students in higher vocational colleges is relatively weak, and the teaching concepts and teaching methods of traditional and similar art classes have been deeply rooted, the education mode of design major and the teaching methods lag behind. Higher vocational colleges The art and design profession faces the severe challenge. The professional curriculum reform is imperative. This article intends to explore the quality of students, to cultivate students’ professional interests, change the concept of teacher teaching, try to project teaching, to expand the professional connotation, to promote the integration of local characteristics and other aspects of professional teaching, in order to arouse the art design of higher vocational colleges Professional development of the concern and in-depth thinking.