public void setCourses(ArrayList<Course> courses) {
        this.courses = courses;
    }

    public static void collectCourseInformation() {
        ArrayList<Course> courses = new ArrayList<Course>();
        boolean cont = true;
        while (cont) {
            // Input Course Information
            String course = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Course Name:  ");
            String grade = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Grade:  ");
            String status = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Status:  ");
            Double gradeDouble = Double.parseDouble(grade);
            Course myCourse = new Course();
            myCourse.setCourse(course);
            myCourse.setGrade(gradeDouble);
            myCourse.setStatus(status);
            courses.add(myCourse);
 
            int confirm = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Do you want to add more courses to this student?");
            if (confirm > 0) {
                cont = false;
            }
        }
    }
 
    public static void collectStudentInformation() {
        ArrayList<Student> list = new ArrayList<Student>();
 
        boolean cont = true;
        while (cont) {
            // Input Student Record Details
            String name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Name:  ");
            String major = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Major:  ");
            String age = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Age:  ");
            String gpa = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("GPA:  ");
            String ssn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Social Security Number:  ");
 
            // Convert strings to usable data
            int ageint = Integer.parseInt(age);
            Double gpadouble = Double.parseDouble(gpa);
 
            collectCourseInformation();
 
            // Create the myStudent object and add it to the arraylist.
            Student myStudent = new Student();
            myStudent.setCourses(courses);
            myStudent.setName(name);
            myStudent.setMajor(major);
            myStudent.setAge(ageint);
            myStudent.setGpa(gpadouble);
            myStudent.setSsn(ssn);
            list.add(myStudent);
 
            int confirm = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Do you want to continue?");
            if (confirm > 0) {
                cont = false;
            }
        }
        int search = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Do you want to search?");
        if (search == 0) {
            String searchname = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Which name?");
            searchStudentInformation(list, searchname);
        }