Abstract: Surveying, as an important leading course in the core courses of multiple intelligent water conservancy majors, is the foundation and starting point for the cross integration of water conservancy majors and new surveying and mapping technologies. In the context of the "Double First Class" construction in the school, this article comprehensively analyzes the goals of cultivating intelligent water conservancy talents and the problems in the teaching of surveying courses. It absorbs and draws on the teaching experience of basic courses in advantageous disciplines, and proposes a reform idea of restructuring surveying teaching content in a specialized mode, expanding surveying basic theory, merging and compressing traditional instrument practice teaching, and introducing new intelligent surveying technology. By organizing open experimental courses and combining them with online teaching platforms, We aim to address the issues of insufficient teaching capacity and hours, as well as the evaluation of teaching effectiveness, in order to cultivate intelligent water conservancy talents with solid theoretical foundations, broad academic perspectives, and comprehensive professional skills. The ideas proposed in the article provide reference and reference for the construction of smart water conservancy surveying courses.