Through the analysis framework of ecological theory, the ideological and political theory course in colleges and universities can be regarded as a living organism constantly changing with the external environmental elements, and promotes new growth points through the interaction with the environment, so as to improve its efficiency. According to the ecological theory, the ecosystem includes different circle systems, which explains that the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the important macro ecosystem of ideological and political theory course and the era basis for the new growth points; the micro system in which the course is located continuously carries out element optimization and energy interaction to provide the driving force for new growth points; the new media technology based on the Internet provides a new scientific and technological medium for the birth of new growth points, and multi-disciplinarity provides disciplinary nutrients for new growth points.