The second and third sentences are called supporting sentences. They are called supporting because they support, or explain, the idea expressed in the topic sentence. Of course, paragraphs in English often have more than two supporting ideas. The paragraph above is actually a very short paragraph.
An academic degree is the state of recognized completion of studies at a school or university. A diploma is generally issued in recognition of having satisfactorily completed the prescribed course of study. special kind of examination is the Staatsexamen. It is not an academic degree but a government licensing examination that future doctors, dentists, teachers, lawyers (solicitors), judges, public prosecutors, patent attorneys, and pharmacists have to pass in order to be eligible to work in their profession.
However, upon further inspection of my diploma, it just says degree of associate of science.. I would like to assume that it would have mentioned something about nursing, but it's no where to be seen. I'm a little irritated since I plan on continuing to get my bachlor, then masters.