It is the time require of curriculum based ideological and political education of high education by integrating aesthetic education into the main teaching content and training objectives to promote moral education. Combined with double first-class construction, according to the character of engineering major, the paper focuses on reforming the teaching mode of general courses in engineering majors. Based on the current social environment and the hot topics that students are concerned about, teaching methods such as physical models, engineering practices, mobile networks, social platforms, network video, and traditional excellent teaching methods are fully utilized. Professional experts are invited to take class. Integrating aesthetic education and moral education into teaching, good teaching results are achieved. Taking the general course of bridge aesthetics in civil engineering as an example, a feasible teaching method is explored, which can provide reference for relevant course teaching.