传统的面向应用的土木工程专业人才培养中，注重培养毕业生的专业技术能力和理性、严谨、精确的思维模式；而当前为了适应土木工程行业的新的变革与转型，创新能力正成为土木工程专业毕业生越来越重要的能力目标。思考是创新的前提，高质量思考是高价值创新成果的基础。土木工程专业学生存在较强的思维定势，难以突破工程思维惯性的约束，单一的思维模式对创新能力的提升形成了制约。本文在分析土木工程专业毕业生的创新能力需求的基础上，探讨土木工程专业学生的思维特征，阐述开设培养创新思维能力的理论课程的必要性，并介绍我校土木工程专业开设的相关课程的教学实践，对课程的教学内容构成和意义进行说明和讨论。

In the traditional application-oriented training of civil engineering professionals, the graduates are required to have solid professional skills and rigorous, conservative and accurate thinking habits. In the new era, the transformation needs of civil engineering industry put forward higher and higher requirements for graduates" innovative thinking ability. Thinking is the premise of innovation, and high-quality thinking is the basis of innovation achievements. Civil engineering students generally have strong thinking patterns and are difficult to recognize their own weaknesses. Improving their thinking habits is very important to improve their innovative ability. Based on the teaching practice of civil engineering innovation course offered by our university, this paper analyses the needs of innovative ability, explores the thinking characteristics of civil engineering students, and expounds the necessity of offering innovative thinking and innovative ability training courses. Combining with the teaching practice, the composition and significance of the teaching content of the course are explained and discussed.