Merit Badges Requirements Library

Though intended as an aid to Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and qualified Venturers in meeting merit badge requirements, these pamphlets are of general interest and are made available by many schools and public libraries. The latest revision date of each pamphlet might not correspond with the copyright date shown below, because this list is corrected only once a year, in January. Any number of merit badge pamphlets may be revised throughout the year; others are simply reprinted until a revision becomes necessary.

If a Scout has already started working on a merit badge when a new edition for that pamphlet is introduced, he should continue to use the same merit badge pamphlet to earn the badge. He should fulfill the requirements listed in the pamphlet he was using when he began. In other words, the Scout need not start all over again with the new pamphlet and possibly revised requirements.

Requirements [2009],
BSA Document # 33215,
revised yearly
Double check your requirements
with the latest issue (by year)
of the Boy Scout Requirements [year]
handbook # 33215 to make absolutely
sure you are using the latest
requirements before you start to
work on any given merit badge.

CAUTION

The requirements for rank advancements, Eagle Palms, and merit badges are effective January 1, 2009 through December 2009.

The requirements listed in this book might not match those in the Boy Scout Handbook and the merit badge pamphlets because this publication is updated only on an annual basis. Any number of merit badge pamphlets may be revised throughout the year; other are simply reprinted until a revision becomes necessary.

The requirements in this book are the official requirements of the Boy Scouts of America. However, if a Scout has already started working on a merit badge when a new edition for that pamphlet is introduced, he should continue to use the same merit badge pamphlet to earn the badge. He should fulfill the requirements listed in the pamphlet he was using when he began. In other words, the Scout need not start all over again with the new pamphlet and possibly revised requirements.




Merit Badge Requirements

Below is a list, in alphabetical order, of all of the current merit badge subjects. Click the Merit Badge name to see the requirements for that merit badge.


American Business

American Cultures

American Heritage

American Labor

Animal Science

Archaeology

Archery

Architecture

Art

Astronomy

Athletics

Automotive Maintenance

Aviation

Backpacking

Basketry

Bird Study

Bugling

Camping

Canoeing

Chemistry

Cinematography

Citizenship in the Community

Citizenship in the Nation

Citizenship in the World

Climbing

Coin Collecting

Collections

Communications

Composite Materials

Computers

Cooking

Crime Prevention

Cycling

Dentistry

Disabilities Awareness

Dog Care

Drafting

Electricity

Electronics

Emergency Preparedness

Energy

Engineering

Entrepreneurship

Environmental Science

Family Life

Farm Mechanics

Fingerprinting

Fire Safety

First Aid

Fish and Wildlife Management

Fishing

Fly-Fishing

Forestry

Gardening

Genealogy

Geology

Golf

Graphic Arts

Hiking

Home Repairs

Horsemanship

Indian Lore

Insect Study

Journalism

Landscape Architecture

Law

Leatherwork

Lifesaving

Mammal Study

Medicine

Metalwork

Model Design and Building

Motorboating

Music

Nature

Nuclear Science

Oceanography

Orienteering

Painting

Personal Fitness

Personal Management

Pets

Photography

Pioneering

Plant Science

Plumbing

Pottery

Public Health

Public Speaking

Pulp and Paper

Radio

Railroading

Reading

Reptile and Amphibian Study

Rifle Shooting

Rowing

Safety

Salesmanship

Scholarship

Sculpture

Shotgun Shooting

Skating

Small-Boat Sailing

Snow Sports

Soil and Water Conservation

Space Exploration

Sports

Stamp Collecting

Surveying

Swimming

Textile

Theater

Traffic Safety

Truck Transportation

Veterinary Medicine

Water Sports

Weather

Whitewater

Wilderness Survival

Wood Carving

Woodwork





Source of information on this page was kindly provided by: Introduction to Merit Badges The Boy Scouts of America, National Council Website

Last revision was made on: May 19, 2009 by David Exter.