The following Table shows the latest revision date for each of the Merit Badge Pamphlets currently in effect (corrected to January 1, 2002).
These dates may not necessarily correspond to either the copyright date of the pamphlet, or to the date of the latest revision to the requirements for the Merit Badge. The date given is the date provided by the Boy Scouts of America.
Note that Music and Bugling, while separate Merit Badges with separate requirements, are covered together in one pamphlet -- Music and Bugling.
MERIT BADGE Pamphlets LATEST REVISION DATES (Corrected to: January 1, 2002) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabetical Order | Sorted by Date | ||
| American Business | 1975 | Swimming | 2002 |
| American Cultures | 1995 | . | . |
| American Heritage | 1976 | Art | 2001 |
| American Labor | 1987 | Cinematography | 2001 |
| Animal Science | 2000 | Cooking | 2001 |
| Archaeology | 1997 | Hiking | 2001 |
| Archery | 1986 | Metalwork | 2001 |
| Architecture | 1995 | Radio | 2001 |
| Art | 2001 | Rifle Shooting | 2001 |
| Astronomy | 1983 | Traffic Safety | 2001 |
| Athletics | 1964 | Wilderness Survival | 2001 |
| Atomic Energy | 1983 | Wood Carving | 2001 |
| Auto Mechanics | 2000 | . | . |
| Aviation | 2000 | Animal Science | 2000 |
| . | . | Auto Mechanics | 2000 |
| Backpacking | 1983 | Aviation | 2000 |
| Basketry | 1986 | Engineering | 2000 |
| Bird Study | 1999 | Lifesaving | 2000 |
| Bugling (See Music) | 1994 | Stamp Collecting | 2000 |
| . | . | . | . |
| Camping | 1984 | Bird Study | 1999 |
| Canoeing | 1989 | Climbing | 1999 |
| Chemistry | 1996 | Journalism | 1999 |
| Cinematography | 2001 | Personal Fitness | 1999 |
| Citizenship in the Community | 1993 | Plumbing | 1999 |
| Citizenship in the Nation | 1993 | Skating | 1999 |
| Citizenship in the World | 1995 | Snow Sports | 1999 |
| Climbing | 1999 | Theater | 1999 |
| Coin Collecting | 1975 | Waterskiing | 1999 |
| Collections | 1991 | Weather | 1999 |
| Communications | 1997 | . | . |
| Computers | 1993 | Entrepreneurship | 1998 |
| Cooking | 2001 | Environmental Science | 1998 |
| Crime Prevention | 1996 | Graphic Arts | 1998 |
| Cycling | 1996 | Rowing | 1998 |
| . | . | . | . |
| Dentistry | 1997 | Archaeology | 1997 |
| Disabilities Awareness | 1993 | Communications | 1997 |
| Dog Care | 1984 | Dentistry | 1997 |
| Drafting | 1993 | Farm Mechanics | 1997 |
| . | . | Safety | 1997 |
| Electricity | 1996 | . | . |
| Electronics | 1996 | Chemistry | 1996 |
| Emergency Preparedness | 1995 | Crime Prevention | 1996 |
| Energy | 1978 | Cycling | 1996 |
| Engineering | 2000 | Electricity | 1996 |
| Entrepreneurship | 1998 | Electronics | 1996 |
| Environmental Science | 1998 | Indian Lore | 1996 |
| . | . | Personal Management | 1996 |
| Family Life | 1991 | Public Health | 1996 |
| Farm Mechanics | 1997 | Sports | 1996 |
| Fingerprinting | 1983 | Veterinary Medicine | 1996 |
| Fire Safety | 1995 | . | . |
| First Aid | 1995 | American Cultures | 1995 |
| Fish & Wildlife Management | 1990 | Architecture | 1995 |
| Fishing | 1988 | Citizenship in the World | 1995 |
| Forestry | 1984 | Emergency Preparedness | 1995 |
| . | . | Fire Safety | 1995 |
| Gardening | 1982 | First Aid | 1995 |
| Genealogy | 1988 | Small-Boat Sailing | 1995 |
| Geology | 1985 | Soil & Water Conservation | 1995 |
| Golf | 1977 | . | . |
| Graphic Arts | 1998 | Music and Bugling | 1994 |
| . | . | Photography | 1994 |
| Hiking | 2001 | . | . |
| Home Repairs | 1993 | Citizenship in the Community | 1993 |
| Horsemanship | 1986 | Citizenship in the Nation | 1993 |
| . | . | Computers | 1993 |
| Indian Lore | 1996 | Disabilities Awareness | 1993 |
| Insect Study | 1985 | Drafting | 1993 |
| . | . | Home Repairs | 1993 |
| Journalism | 1999 | Model Design and Building | 1993 |
| . | . | Oceanography | 1993 |
| Landscape Architecture | 1969 | Pioneering | 1993 |
| Law | 1975 | Pulp & Paper | 1993 |
| Leatherwork | 1983 | Reading | 1993 |
| Lifesaving | 2000 | Reptile and Amphibian Study | 1993 |
| . | . | . | . |
| Mammal Study | 1972 | Motorboating | 1992 |
| Medicine | 1991 | Orienteering | 1992 |
| Metalwork | 2001 | Railroading | 1992 |
| Model Design and Building | 1993 | Surveying | 1992 |
| Motorboating | 1992 | . | . |
| Music (and Bugling) | 1994 | Collections | 1991 |
| . | . | Family Life | 1991 |
| Nature | 1991 | Medicine | 1991 |
| . | . | Nature | 1991 |
| Oceanography | 1993 | . | . |
| Orienteering | 1992 | Fish & Wildlife Management | 1990 |
| . | . | Space Exploration | 1990 |
| Painting | 1983 | . | . |
| Personal Fitness | 1999 | Canoeing | 1989 |
| Personal Management | 1996 | Shotgun Shooting | 1989 |
| Pets | 1984 | Whitewater | 1989 |
| Photography | 1994 | . | . |
| Pioneering | 1993 | Fishing | 1988 |
| Plant Science | 1983 | Genealogy | 1988 |
| Plumbing | 1999 | Scholarship | 1988 |
| Pottery | 1969 | . | . |
| Public Health | 1996 | American Labor | 1987 |
| Public Speaking | 1969 | Salesmanship | 1987 |
| Pulp & Paper | 1993 | . | . |
| . | . | Archery | 1986 |
| Radio | 2001 | Basketry | 1986 |
| Railroading | 1992 | Horsemanship | 1986 |
| Reading | 1993 | . | . |
| Reptile and Amphibian Study | 1993 | Geology | 1985 |
| Rifle Shooting | 2001 | Insect Study | 1985 |
| Rowing | 1998 | . | . |
| . | . | Camping | 1984 |
| Safety | 1997 | Dog Care | 1984 |
| Salesmanship | 1987 | Forestry | 1984 |
| Scholarship | 1988 | Pets | 1984 |
| Sculpture | 1969 | . | . |
| Shotgun Shooting | 1989 | Astronomy | 1983 |
| Skating | 1999 | Atomic Energy | 1983 |
| Small-Boat Sailing | 1995 | Backpacking | 1983 |
| Snow Sports | 1999 | Fingerprinting | 1983 |
| Soil & Water Conservation | 1995 | Leatherwork | 1983 |
| Space Exploration | 1990 | Painting | 1983 |
| Sports | 1996 | Plant Science | 1983 |
| Stamp Collecting | 2000 | . | . |
| Surveying | 1992 | Gardening | 1982 |
| Swimming | 2002 | . | . |
| . | . | Energy | 1978 |
| Textile | 1972 | . | . |
| Theater | 1999 | Golf | 1977 |
| Traffic Safety | 2001 | . | . |
| Truck Transportation | 1973 | American Heritage | 1976 |
| . | . | . | . |
| Veterinary Medicine | 1996 | American Business | 1975 |
| . | . | Coin Collecting | 1975 |
| Waterskiing | 1999 | Law | 1975 |
| Weather | 1999 | . | . |
| Whitewater | 1989 | Truck Transportation | 1973 |
| Wilderness Survival | 2001 | . | . |
| Wood Carving | 2001 | Mammal Study | 1972 |
| Woodwork | 1970 | Textile | 1972 |
| . | . | . | . |
| . | . | Woodwork | 1970 |
| . | . | . | . |
| . | . | Landscape Architecture | 1969 |
| . | . | Pottery | 1969 |
| . | . | Public Speaking | 1969 |
| . | . | Sculpture | 1969 |
| . | . | . | . |
| . | . | Athletics | 1964 |
All requirements taken from Boy Scout Requirements, #33215E, revised
2002.
© 2002 Boy Scouts of America
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