Magnesium (Mg) alloys have experienced increased attention in the area of biomaterials due to Mg being considered a resorbable biomaterial. Mg alloy implants can potentially be designed to degrade in the body, thus an implant would not remain in the body for longer than is needed to perform its task. Mg and many of its alloys are considered to be biocompatible and non-toxic in the body; however, due to the high rate at which Mg degrades a negative host response is expected. A novel approach to inhibit corrosion rate using thin film coatings on a Mg alloy (AZ31B) via atomic layer deposition (ALD) is proposed. ALD is based on saturated surface reactions on the substrate unlike other thin film deposition techniques such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD). Sequentially-performed surface reactions between the substrate and precursor molecules water and titanium tetrachloride (H2O , TiCl4) result in thin film growth of amorphous titanium dioxide (TiO2). TiO2 is grown in an atomic layer-by-layer fashion during ALD allowing sub-nanometer thickness control of growth, with excellent coating uniformity and step coverage. TiO2 coatings and their impact on the corrosion resistance of AZ31B were characterized using atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and linear polarization measurements.