We pointed out the importance to reform the practical teaching for civil engineering majors. Based on the training objective of civil engineering in college and the practical situation in Changsha University of Science and Technology, considered the engineering geology key course construction, and combined the practical teaching reform program, we showed existing problems in the practical teaching, which including the limitation of teaching plan, funds shortage of practice teaching, weak practical ability of students, less practice base for teaching, high proportion of teachers to students, old apparatus or shortage of equipments and so on. To cultivate highquality talents mastered practical and innovative ability, we proposed reform measures including rebuilding the practice teaching system, promoting the practice teaching by scientific research, establishing united practice base, strengthening teachers training, setting up the network teaching system, and improving the assessment measures.