The sociology of disaster is an optional course for postgraduates majored in civil engineering of Tongji University. It is different from the traditional courses concerning engineering structures. The basic concepts and features of disaster, and the relationship between human and disaster are involved in the course. The main purpose of this course is to cultivate students' social view on disaster. Based on the teaching practice over ten years, we formed a teaching model with interactive discussions on different cases. Typical cases were presented in the class with interactive discussion. And the students were required to write papers on current hot events to give their own views. Based on further discussion in class, new teaching cases were formed to enrich the teaching content.