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