Yes. All students are required to fulfill all gen ed requirements, regardless of major. Gen eds may be fulfilled by AP/Transfer credit also.
Note that if you can handle Calc I, you can kill 2 birds with one stone as it fulfills both FSAR and FSMA (MATH 130, 140, 140H or 220 - note that 220 is elementary calculus I). You have 4 years to get it done. So, watch testudo carefully (go here for gen ed selections https://ntst.umd.edu/soc/gen-ed/201608) each semester (options do change!) for who is teaching what and use ourumd.com for insight into teachers (take all reviews with a grain of salt as only students with really good or really bad experience tend to be motivated to write reviews AND also be careful to note if the review is for the exact class (same course number) you are interested in…it definitely can make a difference).
For example,if you want to try calc 220, which is elementary calc, one of the teachers is Lawrence Washington. While he has not taught 220 previously, here is a general sense of him http://www.ourumd.com/reviews/Washington,%20L which you can compare to another teacher for the same class, Timothy Pilachowski http://www.ourumd.com/prof/Pilachowski,%20T.
If you don’t want to try Calc, then maybe PHIL170 (Intro to Logic) might be a good option this Fall when S.Woo is teaching http://www.ourumd.com/prof/Woo,%20S BUT note that the review and grade distribution listed is for a DIFFERENT class - PHIL140 not 170, so it’s still an unknown as to how difficult this particular course is.