Null Pointer Exception

From:
"BlackJackal" <mcdougal.robert@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
7 Feb 2007 06:29:22 -0800
Message-ID:
<1170858562.471411.163710@a34g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
I am working on a homework problem and I have run into a brick wall.
I am receving a

java.lang.NullPointerException
at InputGrades.main(InputGrades.java:15)

Error message when trying to run the program, it compiles just fine.
As far as I can tell everything looks fine. The problem calls for me
to create three classes with the first two being the base and the
third being where all the action takes place. Please take a look and
point out my stupidity.

    public class CollegeCourse
   {
      private String ID;
      private int CH;
      private char LG;
       public static void main(String[] args)
      {

      }
       public String getID()
      {
         return ID;
      }
       public int getCH()
      {
         return CH;
      }
       public char getLG()
      {
         return LG;
      }
       public void setID(String a)
      {
         ID = a;
      }
       public void setCH(int a)
      {
         CH = a;
      }
       public void setLG(char a)
      {
         LG = a;
      }

   }

    public class Student
   {
      private int stuid;
      private CollegeCourse courses[] = new CollegeCourse[5];
       public static void main(String[] args)
      {

      }
       public int getstuid()
      {
         return stuid;
      }
       public void setstuid(int a)
      {
         stuid = a;
      }
       public CollegeCourse getcourses(int a)
      {
         return courses[a];
      }
       public void setcourses(int a, CollegeCourse c)
      {
         courses[a] = c;
      }
   }

 import javax.swing.*;
    public class InputGrades
   {
       public static void main(String[] args)
      {
         Student students[] = new Student[10];
         String temp;
         int sel;
         char grade;
         CollegeCourse place = new CollegeCourse();
         String grades = "aAbBcCdDfF";
         for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
            temp = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Enter ID for
Student #" + (i+1));
            sel = Integer.parseInt(temp);
            students[i].setstuid(sel);
            for(int b = 0; b < 5; ++b) {
               temp = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Enter in
Course ID for Course #" + (b+1));
               place.setID(temp);
               temp = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Enter in
Credit Hours for Course #" + (b+1));
               sel = Integer.parseInt(temp);
               place.setCH(sel);
               do {
                  temp = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Enter in
Letter Grade for Course #" + (b+1));
                  grade = temp.charAt(0);
                  if(grades.indexOf(grade) == -1) {
                     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"You entered
an Incorrect Grade Try again");
                  }
               } while (grades.indexOf(grade) == -1);
               place.setLG(grade);
               students[b].setcourses(b, place);
            }
         }
      }
   }

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