Since the 1950s in our country,the attention given to elective courses by curriculum project or teaching plan has been divided into four stages: firstly put forward in the 1960s,and renewed and tried in the 1980s,and then tested and explored in the 1990s,and finally topped and innovated in the new century.

In connection with the characteristics of chemistry course, the teaching object of higher normal school and the world chemical education reform,this article explores the necessity of offering an elective course of Chemistry and Society in higher normal school, and discusses on the teaching content and quomodo, as well as some issues concerned.

How are the new achievements of science and technology development promptly reflected into medical teaching ? How to reasonably set up more elective courses and improve the teaching quality of elective courses? This is one of questions which must be considered in the university educational reform.

To set up a proper number of elective courses, which is sufficient and efficient to a certain number of students, is very important to colleges and universities carrying out credit system in curriculum programming.

The design of arts elective courses in colleges should keep to the following principles: humanism,systemization,common understanding,experience,developing the national spirit,advancing with times and stability.