Abstract In order to strengthen students’ understanding of the curriculum system, improve the effect of teachers’ teaching and students’ learning, the training route of students’ ability is designed. Taking the information management and information system specialty of a university as an example, this paper introduces DEMATEL method into the analysis of training scheme structure, and identifies the basic courses and core courses in the curriculum system by calculating the correlation degree of each course, which provides a theoretical basis for the allocation and arrangement of course hours, provides a reference for teachers to impart knowledge, students to select courses, and both sides to clarify the knowledge context. This paper divides the curriculum ability group into curriculum ability groups, clarifies the connection between courses, and provides strong support for the formulation of curriculum plan. It also designs the training path of students’ ability from the perspectives of course study time and teaching content.