The curriculum of art and design majors in vocational colleges has an extremely important impact on career development paths, and it is the key to planning and organizing teaching activities in all vocational colleges. Firstly, the rationality of the curriculum helps to clarify the course objectives of each professional course, organize knowledge in a reasonable order and hierarchy to ensure that students can establish a solid foundation in the learning process, and then gradually delve into more complex knowledge fields. Secondly, the timeliness of curriculum design helps to encourage professional teachers to continuously reflect and improve their teaching methods and content, align the curriculum with social and professional needs, and provide students with knowledge and abilities that are consistent with the actual work environment, so that they can achieve success in the job market. The foresight of the final curriculum design helps to stimulate teachers' innovative thinking and teaching enthusiasm, help students understand the development trends of future society, cultivate students' innovative thinking and problem-solving abilities, and better adapt to future challenges.