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Almost half of the Boy Scout
Merit Badges require prior counselor approval for certain requirements. The rest do not.
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| ... any Boy Scout or any qualified Venturer or Sea Scout may earn any of these at any time... You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less. You must do exactly what is stated in the requirements.
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| — Boy Scout Requirements, § Introduction to Merit Badges
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| Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval for Certain Requirements
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American Heritage
#2b, 2c, 2d, 5a, 5b
| American Labor
#2, 5c, 5d
| Animation
#3
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Archaeology
#8b
| Architecture
#3a, 3b
| Art
#2a, 2b, 4
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Art
#5a, 5c, 6
| Astronomy
#8
| Athletics
#6b
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Backpacking
#11b
| Citizenship in the Community
#4b, 5, 7c
| Citizenship in the Nation
#6
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Communication
#5, 6
| Composite Materials
#4, 5a, 5b.
| Crime Prevention
#7b
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Cycling
#7Bc
| Digital Technology
#6d, 6g, 6h
| Disabilities Awareness
#5a
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Electricity
#2
| Emergency Preparedness
#2b, 9a
| Engineering
#1
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Environmental Science
#3e3, 3g2
| Family Life
#4
| First Aid
#6c
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Forestry
#5
| Game Design
#6
| Geocaching
#7, 8c
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Geology
#4a, 5c
| Golf
#8
| Graphic Arts
#4a
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Home Repairs
#2, 3, 4, 5, 6
| Indian Lore
#2b
| Inventing
#2, 7
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Journalism
#3b, 3c
| Mammal Study
#5
| Medicine
#10
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Metalwork
#5b, 3c3a
| Model Design and Building
#1, 3, 4a, 4c
| Moviemaking
#3a
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Oceanography
#8a, 8c
| Painting
#3
| Personal Fitness
#7
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Pets
#1
| Photography
#7b
| Pioneering
#10
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Pottery
#7
| Programming
#5a, 5b, 5c
| Public Health
#5, 7
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Pulp and Paper
#7
| Radio
#7
| Safety
#2a
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Salesmanship
#3
| Scholarship
#4b
| Scuba Diving
#1b
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Sculpture
#2c
| Small-Boat Sailing
#6c
| Soil and Water Conservation
#7f
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Sports
#5
| Surveying
#2
| Weather
#10
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Welding
#5
| Whitewater
#5a, 9a
| Woodwork
#6c
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See also
| General Merit Badge information
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