Abstract: Orientation of Architecture and Cartography is one of the most important civil engineering courses for the environmental engineering major. For this major, most universities in China offer architectural and cartography courses. After several years of teaching practice, the four-dimension integrated teaching reform plan of “Teaching-Exploring-Blueprint Reading-Mapping” was proposed and practiced based on the environmental and civil engineering disciplines. Classroom teaching addressed the relationship between environmental engineering and architectural knowledge through the case teaching and flip teaching method. Thus, the students’ understanding and application of knowledge could be strengthened, which could realize a sound teaching-learning interactive connection. With the combination of such three practical activities as blueprint reading, exploration,and mapping, the course highlighted the main role of students and enhanced their capabilities in innovation and critical thinking, hands-on practice, teamwork drawing-recognition, and independent drawing. Aimed at cultivating the comprehensive talent and satisfying the demand for innovation, this course could hopefully lay the civil engineering foundation for students engaging in environmental engineering design and contribute to the cultivation of versatile talent with cross-disciplinary background.

Key words: environmental engineering, orientation of architecture, teaching reform, case teaching; surveying and mapping practice