Abstract: The “new requirements” of the “Four New Construction” initiative for talent development necessitate reforms of the organic chemistry course to meet these updated goals. During the course reforming, new course learning objectives were re-established, and the “students-centered” teaching approach across the entire teaching process was designed. The course contents and the teaching mode were re-constructed. Moreover, diversified course assessment methods were performed to evaluate the learning effect of students. As a result, an organic chemistry curriculum system with unique characteristics was established that is tailored to our university.

Key words: Four new construction initiative, Non-chemistry majors, Organic chemistry, Curriculum reform