Geoscience discipline in mining universities has its own traditional advantages. It is a new subject to give full play to the discipline advantages and to maintain and develop well under the new situation of ecological civilization construction. Based on the characteristics of Geosciences in Anhui University of science and technology, and in view of the opportunities and challenges faced by the discipline, this paper makes efforts to maintain the traditional characteristics and expand the innovation direction, aiming at the frontier objectives of the discipline, improving the teaching content system and implementing the discipline development process, so as to promote the cultivation of high-quality innovative geoscience talents and enhance the competitiveness of graduates in the market employment under the new situation .