Courses & Funding

With our focus on collaborative experiential learning, StudioSIAT supports our undergraduate program courses (IAT 202, 208, 313, 340, 343, 344, 443, 445, 499) and Directed Studies students. We have developed a series of micro-credit and non-credit in production to provide training in the motion capture workflow. Non SFU students may apply for non-credit courses through SFU Continuing Studies; you must be accepted into SFU to apply for the credit courses.

Find out more about our non-credit course offering for Fall 2025, Introduction to Motion Capture! Apply for grants & funding to offset the costs! (see more below)

IATN 198: Intro to Motion Capture - Non Credit Course

DATES: October 18th, 19th, and 25th, 2025
TIME: 10:30am - 5:30pm

SFU CEWIL & International Student Mocap Training Grants of $525 are available which can be used to offeset the cost of the course. More info and application bleow!

Our Intro to Motion Capture course provides an in-depth introduction to the intricacies of motion capturing for animation and games, starting with pre-production and planning and continuing through post-production cleanup and application into animation.

Students interested in using Motion Capture in their projects within courses, Capstone projects, or Directed Studies would be ideal candidates for this course. There are limited resources for teams per semester for training and access outside of this course.

What's included in the base course (21 hours):

Technology behind motion capture systems
Which technology to choose for your mocap production
How to plan a motion capture shoot
How the motion capture pipeline works
What roles are involved in motion capture
How to clean up motion capture data & prepare them for different applications
Applying the motion data to an Unreal or Unity project

LOCATION: SFU Surrey Campus - Studio A (SRYC 3875)
COST: $500 course fees + $25 taxes

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MoCap Systems add-on

The Motion Capture Systems Add-on course adds a hands-on deep dive into Phasespace and Rokoko motion capture systems and the intricacies of recording with each of them.

Additonal content in the Mocap Systems addon course (+15 hours):

How to rig up suits & suit up best practices
Hands-on experience wearing suit or supporting the suit up process
Hands-on experience capturing data in Motion Builder
Hands-on experience in control room flows

Not Open For Enrollment

Available Grants & Funding for Mocap Learning

SFU School of Interactive Arts & Technology is offering, in collaboration with our partners, different funding opportunities for training & work in the field of motion capture for games, animation, and media creation.

CEWIL Work Integrated Learning Grants (Domestic Students)

SIAT is offering opportunities for domestic students interested in motion capture up to 13 grants for IATN 198: Intro to Motion Capture - Non-Credit Course. Students will be required to complete a number of work-integrated learning hours in StudioSIAT following the end of the course.

Conditions

Open to all SFU students with Canadian citizenship, PR or refugee status
19 grants of $525 for supporting motion capture learning
Student must be currently enrolled in a course at a BC higher education institution
Priority given to students in IAT343, 410, 443, or 445 now or in the upcoming fall semester.
Applicants must attend a majority of the course in order to meet the grant obligations
Applications close EXTENDED UNTIL 16:00 PST October 16th, 2025
The grant will be paid out at the end of December upon your successful completion of the course.

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SIAT International Student Mocap Learning Grant

SIAT is offering international students interested in motion capture five full tuition grants for IATN 198: Intro to Motion Capture - Non-Credit Course. Students will be required to complete a number of work-integrated learning hours in the StudioSIAT following the end of the course.

Conditions

5 grant available, open to all current international students registered in SIAT classes for the Fall 2025 term
Amounts of $525 for motion capture training, directly offsetting registration costs
Priority given to students in IAT343, 410, 445 with projects working in motion capture.
This grant will be in the form of a promo code to directly offset the cost of tuition to be applied at the time of enrolment of IATN 198 - Intro to Motion Capture.
Applicants must attend a majority of the course in order to meet the grant obligations
Applications close 23:59 on October 10th, 2025 or when all grants have been awarded, whichever comes first.
If you are applying for this grant, do NOT register for the course until you hear back regarding your application. Refunds are not possible at this time.

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Besides our micro-credit and non-credit courses, students can learn and get hands on time in StudioSIAT production technologies and techniques in the following classes:

Cinematography, Lighting, & Visual Effects - IAT 202 New Media Images & IAT 344 Moving Images
Sound Design & Mixing - IAT 202 New Media Images & IAT 340 Sound Design
Animation for Games & Media & Basic Motion Capture - IAT 343 Animation, IAT 410 Advanced Game Design & IAT4 45 Immersive Environments
Photography - IAT 244 Digital, Virtual & AI Photography

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