The excellent course construction in China, which has persisted for 8 years, is the earliest quality engineering project of Ministry of Education. The project has promoted the teaching reform in universities and colleges and has a very good reputation. However, there are still some problems existed in the application and construction of excellent courses. The paper analyzes achievements and effects in the course construction, points out the main problems during the course construction from three aspects to find solutions, and finally gives a prospect for the trend of the excellent course.