Abstract: Document retrieval course aims to cultivate students’ information literacy, and the discussion of its curricular design has been a hot research topic. In order to improve the students’ interest and initiative of learning, we integrated teaching with practices. Through the correlation analysis between the final exam score (score 1), the final exam time (time 1), ordinary practice score (score 2) and ordinary practice total time (time 2), we found that the final exam score’s difference between the electives, required electives and required courses is small. There is a certain correlation between the ordinary practice score, ordinary practice total time and the final exam score, but the correlation coefficient is less than 0.4, and the correlation’s difference of three type of courses is not very big.

Key words: Document retrieval curricular design, Final exam score, Final exam time, Ordinary practice score, Ordinary practice total time, Correlation analysis