The course teaching of Outcome-based Education(OBE)is the essence of first-class specialty construction and talent training reform.In order to solve the problems of teaching reform for automation specialty,the course objectives,curriculum resources,teaching contents and assessment are determined by revising the curriculum syllabus.Moreover,the teaching system of"guidance,learning,teaching,practice,thinking,examination,evaluation"is adopted to enhance students'ability of solve complex engineering problems.The teaching reform and practice of"Automatic Control Principle"show that OBE concept is an effective way to improve students'learning effect,and achieve the remarkable results.