Course Reform of Engineering Graphics on Course Contents and Course System

The reform goal and main contents of Engineering Graphics Course(EGC) in Tsinghua University were discussed.The new content of EGC was brought forward,which included five elements as descriptive geometry,drawing foundation,mechanical drawing,mechanical design knowledge and computer drawing.Based on modularization,a new system of EGC was built towards the fewer class-hour type and larger class-hour type.In order to improve the abilities of reading mechanical drawing,drawing mechanical drawing and designing mechanical structure,the system made graphics theory,drawing standard and mechanical design knowledge as its academic foundation and made free-hand drawing,tool drawing and computer drawing as ways of skill training.An example of 32-hour course with its content and system was given to show the result of the reform.