Abstract: Elective courses of general education in colleges and universities are an important means to cultivate comprehensive and high-quality talents. Through the survey of students satisfaction with general education elective courses in Dali University, based on the results of students' evaluation, this paper analyses and discusses the problems existing in the implementation process of general education elective courses in universities, and puts forward scientific and reasonable suggestions and countermeasures for improvement, which can provide reference for the curriculum design, teaching reform, operation management and personnel training of general education elective courses in ordinary universities.

Key words: general education, elective courses, satisfaction survey