The Report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China puts forward morality education as the fundamental task of education. Therefore, higher education should understand curriculum ideology from the mission and responsibilities of higher education in the new era, and regard serving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as an important mission of education. Under the guidance of the OBE concept, the port, waterway and coastal engineering major of Tongji University takes student-centered as the logical starting point. Aiming at the current situation and existing issues of the ideological and political construction of professional courses, the teaching system is first designed as a whole, and subsequently the professional courses are sorted and condensed. Ideological and political concepts, and finally integrate the ideological and political elements into the revision of training goals, graduation requirements and curriculum syllabus. Take the professional core course of waterway engineering as an example, combine new era, new development, new ideas and other topics to carry out case discussions or exchanges, tell Chinese stories well, stimulate students’ sense of responsibility, mission and honor, and guide students to continuously improve their professional qualities and enhance the feasibility of students to establish lofty ideals and beliefs.