Boy Scout Rank Advancement and Awards

Each Boy Scout, by meeting specific requirements spelled out in the "Boy Scout Handbook", advances through ranks called Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class. A First Class Scout earns merit badges, partakes in leadership positions in scouting, and participates in Community Service Projects to qualify as a Star Scout, Life Scout, and eventually Eagle Scout.

There are other awards given for outstanding achievements. Eagle palms are given for merit badges earned beyond the Eagle requirements. The Medal of Merit and the Honor Medal are awarded by Scouting's National Court of Honor. The Medal of Merit is presented for outstanding acts of service.

The Medal of Honor, Scouting's highest award, is bestowed upon Scouts who save, or attempt to save, lives at the risk of their own. The Hornaday Award is earned by Scouts who perform exceptional service in Conservation. There are also many Religious awards that can be earned.

1. Requirements - Tenderfoot through Eagle Palms
   Scout Rank
   Tenderfoot
   Second Class
   First Class
   
   Star Scout
   Life Scout
   Eagle Scout
   Eagle Palms
   
   
   
2. Merit Badges -
   REQUIRED / A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / L
   M / N / O / P / R / S / T / V / W /
   Required for Eagle
   Camping
   Citizenship in the Community
   Citizenship in the Nation
   Citizenship in the World
   Communications
   Cycling
   Emergency Preparedness
   Environmental Science
   Family Life
   First Aid
   Hiking
   Lifesaving
   Personal Fitness
   Personal Management
   Swimming
   

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. Atomic Energy
13. Auto Mechanics
14. Aviation

1. Backpacking
2. Basketry
3. Bird Study
4. Bugling

1. Camping
2. Canoeing
3. Chemistry
4. Cinematography
5. Citizenship in the Community
6. Citizenship in the Nation
7. Citizenship in the World
8. Climbing
9. Coin Collecting
10. Collections
11. Communications
12. Computers
13. Cooking
14. Crime Prevention
15. Cycling

1. Dentistry
2. Disabilities Awareness
3. Dog Care
4. Drafting

1. Electricity
2. Electronics
3. Emergency Preparedness
4. Energy
5. Engineering
6. Entrepreneurship
7. Environmental Science

1. Family Life
2. Farm Mechanics
3. Fingerprinting
4. Fire Safety
5. First Aid
6. Fish and Wildlife Management
7. Fishing
8. Forestry

1. Gardening
2. Genealogy
3. Geology
4. Golf
5. Graphic Arts

1. Hiking
2. Home Repairs
3. Horsemanship

1. Indian Lore
2. Insect Study

1. Journalism

1. Landscape Architechture
2. Law
3. Leatherwork
4. Lifesaving

1. Mammal Study
2. Medicine
3. Metalwork
4. Model Design and Building
5. Motorboating
6. Music

1. Nature

1. Oceanography
2. Orienteering

1. Painting
2. Personal Fitness
3. Personal Management
4. Pets
5. Photography
6. Pioneering
7. Plant Science
8. Plumbing
9. Pottery
10. Public Health
11. Public Speaking
12. Pulp and Paper

1. Radio
2. Railroading
3. Reading
4. Reptile And Amphibian Study
5. Rifle Shooting
6. Rowing

1. Safety
2. Salesmanship
3. Scholarship
4. Sculpture
5. Shotgun Shooting
6. Skating
7. Skiing
8. Small-Boat Sailing
9. Soil and Water Conservation
10. Space Exploration
11. Sports
12. Stamp Collecting
13. Surveying
14. Swimming

1. Textile
2. Theater
3. Traffic Safety
4. Truck Transportation

1. Veterinary Medicine

1. Waterskiing
2. Weather
3. Whitewater
4. Wilderness Survival
5. Woodcarving
6. Woodwork