Abstract: The course reform of higher education is a breakthrough to realize the construction of "gold course" and "first-class course". The current course reform of higher education is in full swing. How to grasp the problems behind the hot spots of course reform of higher education, clarifying the future issues of higher education course reform is the basis of promoting the construction of high-quality curriculum in colleges and universities. Based on the 2296 academic papers from 2015 to 2020, the keyword cloud graph analysis, knowledge map analysis, cluster analysis and trend analysis were carried out by using SATI3.2 and R software. It is found that the course reform of higher education in the past five years has several characteristics: There is no obvious difference between different types of course reform; the course reform mainly focuses on the teaching modes of mixed or flipped classroom and massive open online course; synchronism of course reform and talent training goals has not been paid enough attention. Under the standard of "gold course" and "first-class course" construction, the higher education course reform should focus on the education idea, faculty building, teaching mode, comprehensive course management, goal-oriented reform, so as to develop high-quality courses.

Key words: course reform, knowledge atlas, cluster analysis, high-quality courses