Troop 10 Bulletin Calendar Advancement Leaders Scouts Find

Recent Changes in Scout Advancement Requirements

The links below outline those changes made by the Boy Scouts of America
within the past few years...

  • Mid Year 2004 (click here)
    • Astronomy
    • Fire Safety
    • Fish & Wildlife Management
    • Plumbing
    • Soil & Water Conservation
    • Space Exploration
    • Surveying
  • Changes effective January 1, 2004 (click here)
    • First Class Rank Requirements (minor change)
    • Other Changes
      • Archery
      • Basketry
      • Bugling
      • Collections
      • Communications
      • Dog Care
      • Emergency Preparedness
      • Fingerprinting
      • Horsemanship
      • Model Design and Building
      • Music
      • Nature
      • Oceanography
      • Orienteering
      • Personal Management
      • Railroading
      • Reading
      • Salesmanship
      • Textile
      • Woodwork
      • Camping
      • Cycling
      • Electronics
      • Kayaking BSA

  • Changes effective January 1, 2003 (click here)
    • First & Second Class Rank Requirements (minor changes)
    • Other Changes
      • American Business
      • Backpacking
      • Coin Collecting
      • Dentistry
      • First Aid
      • Fishing
      • Gardening
      • Golf
      • Home Repairs
      • Insect Study
      • Landscape Architecture
      • Law
      • Leatherwork
      • Medicine
      • Painting
      • Pottery
      • Public Speaking
      • Sculpture
      • NEW MERIT BADGE
        • Fly Fishing
      • OTHER AWARDS
        • BSA Lifeguard

  • Changes effective January 1, 2002 (click here)
    • First Class Rank Requirements
      • Requirement 9c was deleted
      • Requirement 9d becomes 9c

  • Changes effective January 1, 2001 (click here)
    • Requirements Completely Replaced or Extensively Rewritten
      • Aviation Merit Badge
      • Engineering Merit Badge
      • Lifesaving Merit Badge
      • Swimming Merit Badge
    • Requirements Revised
      • Animal Science Merit Badge
      • Auto Mechanics Merit Badge
      • Stamp Collecting
    • Requirements changed at or subsequent to the 2001 BSA National Jamboree
      • Traffic Safety
      • Metalwork
      • Wood Carving

  • Changes effective January 1, 2000 (click here)
    • Minor Changes in Star, Life, Eagle & Palms
    • Changes in Camping Merit Badge
    • Changes in Climbing Merit Badge
    • Changes in Hiking Merit Badge
    • Changes in Personal Fitness Merit Badge

  • Changes effective April 1, 1999 (click here)
    • CHANGED RANK REQUIREMENTS
      • Joining Requirements, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class
      • Star, Life, Eagle, Eagle Palms
    • REVISED MERIT BADGES
      • Communications, Cycling, Electronics, Environmental Science
      • Hiking, Nature, Personal Fitness, Rowing, Safety
      • Small-Boat Sailing, Sports, Theater & Waterskiing
    • COMPLETELY CHANGED & NEW MERIT BADGES
      • Bird Study, Graphic Arts, Journalism, Skating
      • Snow Sports (RENAMED from Skiing)
    • NEW or REVISED SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
      • Boardsailing BSA
      • Leave No Trace Awareness Award
      • Paul Bunyan Woodsman
      • Religious Emblems
    Page Last Updated: 9/12/2004

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