Under background of reconstruction of the military college system and systematic course reformation of the army college, according to the standard of "golden course", This paper explores and studies the course reform of civil engineering material. The main problems existing in civil engineering materials courses are analyzed , such as the lack of accurate docking of talent training objectives, the lack of optimization and reconstruction of teaching content system, and the lack of integration and innovation of teaching methods. Ideas and principles of civil engineering material course reform are established, the teaching goals of starting point to meet post capacity and the potential capacity for long-term development are established, the reverse transformation path is designed, the basic teaching design principles of course are the principle of subjectivity by students" effective participation and the basic principle of learning content optimization. Measures including course structure, teaching content, teaching method, practice platform, examination method, innovation competition, etc.are put forward to promote the course reformation , to eliminate "water course" and create "golden course".