List of Boy Scout Merit Badges

The following are all the Merit Badges currently offered by the Boy Scouts of America:
Note: Merit badges shown in bold italics are Eagle-required merit badges.

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These require one OR the other, where only one of them counts toward Eagle:
Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving / Environmental Science OR Sustainability
Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling

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1. American Business
2. American Cultures
3. American Heritage
4. American Labor
5. Animal Science
6. Archaeology
7. Archery
8. Architecture
9. Art
10. Astronomy
11. Athletics
12. Automotive Maintenance
13. Aviation
14. Backpacking
15. Basketry
16. Bird Study
17. Bugling
18. Camping
19. Canoeing
20. Chemistry
21. Chess
22. Cinematography
23. Citizenship in the Community
24. Citizenship in the Nation
25. Citizenship in the World
26. Climbing
27. Coin Collecting
28. Collections
29. Communication
30. Composite Materials
31. Computers
32. Cooking
33. Crime Prevention
34. Cycling
35. Dentistry
36. Disabilities Awareness
37. Dog Care
38. Drafting
39. Electricity
40. Electronics
41. Emergency Preparedness
42. Energy
43. Engineering
44. Entrepreneurship
45. Environmental Science
46. Family Life
47. Farm Mechanics
48. Fingerprinting
49. Fire Safety
50. First Aid
51. Fish and Wildlife Management
52. Fishing
53. Fly Fishing
54. Forestry
55. Game Design
56. Gardening
57. Genealogy
58. Geocaching
59. Geology
60. Golf
61. Graphic Arts
62. Hiking
63. Home Repairs
64. Horsemanship
65. Indian Lore
66. Insect Study
67. Inventing
68. Journalism
69. Kayaking
70. Landscape Architecture
71. Law
72. Leatherwork
73. Lifesaving
74. Mammal Study
75. Medicine
76. Metalwork
77. Mining in Society
78. Model Design and Building
79. Motorboating
80. Music
81. Nature
82. Nuclear Science
83. Oceanography
84. Orienteering
85. Painting
86. Personal Fitness
87. Personal Management
88. Pets
89. Photography
90. Pioneering
91. Plant Science
92. Plumbing
93. Pottery
94. Programming
95. Public Health
96. Public Speaking
97. Pulp and Paper
98. Radio
99. Railroading
100. Reading
101. Reptile and Amphibian Study
102. Rifle Shooting
103. Robotics
104. Rowing
105. Safety
106. Salesmanship
107. Scouting Heritage
108. Scholarship
109. Scuba Diving
110. Sculpture
111. Search & Rescue
112. Shotgun Shooting
113. Skating
114. Small-Boat Sailing
115. Snow Sports
116. Soil and Water Conservation
117. Space Exploration
118. Sports
119. Stamp Collecting
120. Surveying
121. Sustainability
122. Swimming
123. Textile
124. Theater
125. Traffic Safety
126. Truck Transportation
127. Veterinary Medicine
128. Water Sports
129. Weather
130. Welding
131. Whitewater
132. Wilderness Survival
133. Wood Carving
134. Woodwork
     
     

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