In view of the actual situation of the continuous development and innovation of the surveying instrument,the effect and social evaluation of the curriculum of surveying instrument in the past five years is summarized. Surveying instrument has entered the era of electronic intelligence, the reform of teaching content according to the theory and practice are put forward, the improvement and innovative teaching methods are found, in turn, the curriculum also seeks to a reasonable assessment methods, and puts forward reasonable suggestions to form a complete set of curriculum related condition, finally, after the reform of curriculum, the teaching effect is discussed and analyzed.