Why don’t more university have rigorous introductory math courses for math majors?

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<p>Honors math courses are available at many schools which are more selective than the average school (i.e. where there is likely a “market” for honors math courses):</p>

<p>Berkeley: H prefix in course number: [Honors</a> Courses | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/honors-courses]Honors”>http://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/honors-courses) and [Course</a> Catalog Descriptions | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/course-descriptions]Course”>http://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/course-descriptions)
Harvey Mudd: “frosh calculus” (30B/30G) would be an honors course at other schools: [Program:</a> Placement for Core Mathematics Classes](<a href=“http://www.math.hmc.edu/program/placement/]Program:”>http://www.math.hmc.edu/program/placement/)
Ohio State: H suffix in course number: [Courses</a> | Department of Mathematics](<a href=“http://www.math.osu.edu/courses]Courses”>http://www.math.osu.edu/courses)
Rutgers: Math 192, 291, 292: [Mathematics</a> Department - Mathematics Undergraduate Courses](<a href=“http://www.math.rutgers.edu/courses/ug_courses.html]Mathematics”>http://www.math.rutgers.edu/courses/ug_courses.html)
Stanford: H suffix in course number: [Stanford</a> University Explore Courses](<a href=“Stanford University Explore Courses”>Stanford University Explore Courses),
Texas: H suffix in course number: [Course</a> Descriptions](<a href=“http://www.ma.utexas.edu/academics/courses/descriptions/]Course”>http://www.ma.utexas.edu/academics/courses/descriptions/)</p>