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Current Merit Badge Pamphlet Revision Dates

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. For information on revisions of requirements, check out the annual updates in the BSA Program Info section.

If your troop doesn't have all the merit badge pamphlets it needs, check out our information on developing Merit Badge Pamphlet Libraries.

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, 2004)
Alphabetical Order		Sorted by Date
American Business	2003	Archery	2004
American Cultures	1995	Astronomy	2004
American Heritage	1976	Basketry	2004
American Labor	1987	Collections	2004
Animal Science	2001	Communications	2004
Archaeology	1997	Dog Care	2004
Archery	2004	Electronics	2004
Architecture	1995	Emergency Preparedness	2004
Art	2002	Fingerprinting	2004
Astronomy	2004	Fire Safety	2004
Athletics	1964	Fish & Wildlife Management	2004
Atomic Energy	1983	Horsemanship	2004
Auto Mechanics	2001	Model Design and Building	2004
Aviation	2001	Music and Bugling	2004
.	.	Nature	2004
Backpacking	2003	Oceanography	2004
Basketry	2004	Orienteering	2004
Bird Study	1999	Personal Management	2004
Bugling (See Music)	2004	Plumbing	2004
.	.	Railroading	2004
Camping	2003	Reading	2004
Canoeing	1998	Salesmanship	2004
Chemistry	1996	Soil & Water Conservation	2004
Cinematography	2002	Space Exploration	2004
Citizenship in the Community	1993	Surveying	2004
Citizenship in the Nation	1993	Textile	2004
Citizenship in the World	1995	Woodwork	2004
Climbing	2000	.	.
Coin Collecting	2003	American Business	2003
Collections	2004	Backpacking	2003
Communications	2004	Camping	2003
Computers	1993	Coin Collecting	2003
Cooking	2002	Cycling	2003
Crime Prevention	1996	First Aid	2003
Cycling	2003	Gardening	2003
.	.	Golf	2003
Dentistry	2002	Home Repairs	2003
Disabilities Awareness	1993	Insect Study	2003
Dog Care	2004	Law	2003
Drafting	1993	Leatherwork	2003
.	.	Medicine	2003
Electricity	1996	Painting	2003
Electronics	2004	Pottery	2003
Emergency Preparedness	2004	Public Speaking	2003
Energy	1978	Sculpture	2003
Engineering	2001	.	.
Entrepreneurship	1998	Art	2002
Environmental Science	1999	Cinematography	2002
.	.	Cooking	2002
Family Life	1991	Dentistry	2002
Farm Mechanics	1998	Fishing	2002
Fingerprinting	2004	Fly Fishing	2002
Fire Safety	2004	Landscape Architecture	2002
First Aid	2003	Metalwork	2002
Fish & Wildlife Management	2004	Radio	2002
Fishing	2002	Rifle Shooting	2002
Fly Fishing	2002	Swimming	2002
Forestry	1984	Traffic Safety	2002
.	.	Wilderness Survival	2002
Gardening	2003	Wood Carving	2002
Genealogy	1988	.	.
Geology	1985	Animal Science	2001
Golf	2003	Auto Mechanics	2001
Graphic Arts	1999	Aviation	2001
.	.	Engineering	2001
Hiking	2000	Lifesaving	2001
Home Repairs	2003	Stamp Collecting	2001
Horsemanship	2004	.	.
.	.	Climbing	2000
Indian Lore	1996	Hiking	2000
Insect Study	2003	.	.
.	.	Bird Study	1999
Journalism	1999	Environmental Science	1999
.	.	Graphic Arts	1999
Landscape Architecture	2002	Journalism	1999
Law	2003	Personal Fitness	1999
Leatherwork	2003	Rowing	1999
Lifesaving	2001	Skating	1999
.	.	Small-Boat Sailing	1999
Mammal Study	1972	Snow Sports	1999
Medicine	2003	Theater	1999
Metalwork	2002	Waterskiing	1999
Model Design and Building	2004	Weather	1999
Motorboating	1998	.	.
Music (and Bugling)	2004	Canoeing	1998
.	.	Entrepreneurship	1998
Nature	2004	Farm Mechanics	1998
.	.	Motorboating	1998
Oceanography	2004	Safety	1998
Orienteering	2004	Whitewater	1998
.	.	.	.
Painting	2003	Archaeology	1997
Personal Fitness	1999	.	.
Personal Management	2004	Chemistry	1996
Pets	1984	Crime Prevention	1996
Photography	1994	Electricity	1996
Pioneering	1993	Indian Lore	1996
Plant Science	1983	Public Health	1996
Plumbing	2004	Sports	1996
Pottery	2003	Veterinary Medicine	1996
Public Health	1996	.	.
Public Speaking	2003	American Cultures	1995
Pulp & Paper	1993	Architecture	1995
.	.	Citizenship in the World	1995
Radio	2002	.	.
Railroading	2004	Photography	1994
Reading	2004	.	.
Reptile and Amphibian Study	1993	Citizenship in the Community	1993
Rifle Shooting	2002	Citizenship in the Nation	1993
Rowing	1999	Computers	1993
.	.	Disabilities Awareness	1993
Safety	1998	Drafting	1993
Salesmanship	2004	Pioneering	1993
Scholarship	1988	Pulp & Paper	1993
Sculpture	2003	Reptile and Amphibian Study	1993
Shotgun Shooting	1989	.	.
Skating	1999	Family Life	1991
Small-Boat Sailing	1999	.	.
Snow Sports	1999	Shotgun Shooting	1989
Soil & Water Conservation	2004	.	.
Space Exploration	2004	Genealogy	1988
Sports	1996	Scholarship	1988
Stamp Collecting	2001	.	.
Surveying	2004	American Labor	1987
Swimming	2002	.	.
.	.	Geology	1985
Textile	2004	.	.
Theater	1999	Forestry	1984
Traffic Safety	2002	Pets	1984
Truck Transportation	1973	.	.
.	.	Atomic Energy	1983
Veterinary Medicine	1996	Plant Science	1983
.	.	.	.
Waterskiing	1999	Energy	1978
Weather	1999	.	.
Whitewater	1998	American Heritage	1976
Wilderness Survival	2002	.	.
Wood Carving	2002	Truck Transportation	1973
Woodwork	2004	.	.
.	.	Mammal Study	1972
.	.	.	.
.	.	Athletics	1964

Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215E, revised 2004

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