The introduction course of urban and rural planning is a basic course for students to understand the macro structure of the professional knowledge system, which plays an irreplaceable leading role in urban and rural planning education. Based on the evaluation data of urban and rural planning major in 29 colleges and universities, this paper analyzes the characteristics and practical effects of the professional introduction course, reviews the content organization, class duration and follow-up course convergence of the introduction course, and puts forward suggestions. The results show that: the curriculum setting is mainly affected by the university orientation, the introduction course of research universities tends to run through the whole university education, while that of application-oriented universities is mainly set in the first academic year; the content is more about principle guidance and professional introduction, and guiding content related to discipline literacy, professional learning and occupation is in lack; examination and writing small papers are often used to investigate the learning effect, but the effect is not good; the connection between the introduction course and follow-up courses is not good, there are problems such as consistent content and similar method. The research suggests that: the content of the introduction course should concern professional development and professional learning ability training, the teaching methods should add debate, off campus research, speech contest, etc., and the boundary with the follow-up courses should be clarified in teaching content and method.