The professional survey course was one of indispensable links in the teaching system for civil engineering. While they were tend to be ignored in the teaching. The investigation on the civil engineering major professional survey courses was carried out in representative 10 colleges. Divergent teaching method was developed by pointed discussions. The method contained divergent teaching, studying and testing. The method was explained by the professional survey course hydrology of bridge and culvert. With the method applying to civil engineering major, the single teaching methods, students’passive learning situation and the simply course assessment were changed. It’s demonstrated that the method realized the interactive teaching.