This document outlines several selection methods for improving self-pollinated crop species, including pure line selection, mass selection, bulk method, pedigree method, single seed descent, and backcrossing. Pure line selection involves selecting initial parents from a heterogeneous population and continuing selection and self-pollination until homogeneity is achieved, then field testing the pure lines. Mass selection selects ideal phenotypes in a population and bulks the seed, which may be directly performance tested or undergo repeated selection. The purpose is to discuss the characteristics, application, genetics, advantages, and disadvantages of these selection methods for self-pollinated crops.