The exploration and practice of curriculum ideological and political elements integrated into professional curriculum teaching is Xi Jinping’s important observations of higher education. Aiming at the current limitations of curriculum ideological and political education in civil engineering, grasping key issues, taking the seismic design of underground structures course as an example, the paper proposes to establish the correct professional curriculum teaching goals and ideological and political teaching goals, and actively enrich and expand teaching methods. According to the teaching content of seismic design of underground structure, deeply excavate the ideological and political elements related to the knowledge points of professional courses, and set clear goal orientation. Relying on the ideological and political elements extracted in each chapter, design the corresponding ideological and political teaching system, starting from the four dimensions of case introduction, case analysis, teaching process design, and teaching effect evaluation, explore the teaching path that combines curriculum ideological and political with professional courses. Through the cases closely linked with actual ideological and political elements, realize curriculum ideology and politics education in the teaching practice; bring to the final assessment results. Finally, realize the integration of professional knowledge and ideological and political connotation, so as to foster virtue through education.