西北地区独立学院毕业生面临的就业压力较大,实验教学能够提高学生分析问题和解决问题的能力,是提高学生就业竞争力的有效途径。文章分析了独立学院开设西方经济学实验课程的必要性,探讨了实验课程设计中应注意的问题,并根据学校实际建议学校选择沙盘实验与纸笔实验相结合的实验模式,就促进西北地区独立学院实验课程建设提出了对策建议。 The employment pressure faced by independent college graduates in northwestern region is greater. Experimental teaching can improve students ’ability to analyze and solve problems, which is an effective way to improve students’ employment competitiveness. The article analyzes the necessity of opening an experimental course of economics in the independent college, discusses the problems that should be paid attention to in the design of the experimental course, and based on the experimental mode that the school proposes to combine sand table experiment with paper and pen experiment, College experimental curriculum proposed countermeasures.