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First Course is the debut album by jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour. The album was released on LP by Epic Records in 1976 and on CD by Columbia Records in 1990.

Track listing:
All tracks are written by Lee Ritenour except where noted.

1. “Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That” 6:16
2. “Sweet Syncopation” 4:47
3. “Theme from Three Days of the Condor” Dave Grusin 4:08
4. “Fatback” 4:18
5. “Memories Past” 1:51
6. “Caterpillar” Dave Grusin 4:21
7. “Canticle for the Universe” Jerry Peters 6:12
8. “Wild Rice” 5:32
9. “Ohla Maria (Amparo)” Antônio Carlos Jobim 3:50

Personnel:
Lee Ritenour – electric guitars (1-4, 6, 8), classical guitars (5, 9)
Dave Grusin – Fender Rhodes (1-3, 6-9), synthesizers (2, 3, 6, 7, 9), organ (4), horn arrangements (4, 6), clavinet (8), acoustic piano (9)
Michael Omartian – clavinet (1), horn arrangements (1)
Larry Nash – clavinet (2, 4, 6), acoustic piano (4)
Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming (2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
Jerry Peters – clavinet (3), acoustic piano (7), synthesizers (7)
Patrice Rushen – clavinet (8)
Bill Dickinson – bass (1, 8)
Louis Johnson – bass (2, 6)
Chuck Rainey – bass (3, 4, 7)
Harvey Mason – drums (1-3, 6-8), percussion (2, 3)
Ed Greene – drums (4)
Jerry Steinholtz – percussion (3, 7, 8), congas (7, 8)
Tom Scott – tenor saxophone (1, 2, 4, 6, 8), tenor sax solo (1, 8), horn arrangements (2, 8), lyricon (solo: 4, 8)
Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1)
Jerome Richardson – baritone saxophone (1, 2, 4, 6, 8)
Frank Rosolino – trombone (1, 2, 4, 6, 8)
Chuck Findley – trumpet (1, 2, 4, 6, 8)

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Released: 1976
Recorded: October 3 – 15, 1975
Studio: The Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Length: 41:15
Label: Epic (1976), Columbia (1990)
Producer: Skip Drinkwater