Abstract: Professional courses are an important territory for ideological and political education in universities. They are the “responsibility field” that ideological and political education in universities must adhere to. The ideological and political education of professional courses is related to the growth and success of college students, as well as the realization of the goal of cultivating talents for the Party and the country. In response to the misconceptions in the practice of ideological and political reform in national university courses, this article deeply analyzes three directions for exploring the ideological and political elements of professional courses. At the same time, focusing on effectively exerting the educational function of ideological and political elements of professional courses, it proposes a collaborative approach between ideological and political education in professional courses and the integration of ideological and political elements in professional courses.