Merit Badges

Last updated:  March 18, 2002

The latest merit badge requirements published by BSA can be found at:
http://usscouts.org/usscouts/advancementTOC.asp#merit
 

* Indicates Eagle Rank Required
Cycling or Hiking or Swimming
Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving

American Business
American Cultures
American Heritage
American Labor
Animal Science
Archeology
Archery
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletics
Atomic Energy
Auto Mechanics
 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
Computers 
Cooking 
 Crime Prevention
*Cycling
 Dentistry
Disabilities Awarness 
 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
 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
Waterskiing
 Weather
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival 
 Wood Carving
Woodwork