Almost nobody ever reads the syllabus.
Either you want the class or you don’t.
Some might say if you don’t know what a course is about, that may mean you’re not ready for it.
I always read the syllabus first thing, that was in the eighties when we took the college opportunity seriously otherwise our parents would yank us for wasting money and we’d be flipping burgers working our way through community college. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.